Faced with a looming crisis in securing the selection of its
favored candidates for leadership posts at the Senate and
House of Representatives, officials of the All Progressives
Congress (APC) are weighing measures to force the
incoming class of National Assembly members to postpone
their convening beyond Wednesday. According to a senior
party source, the postponement “is to enable President
[Muhammadu] Buhari [to] rein in rebellious lawmakers
within the ranks of our party.”
Mr. Buhari is expected back in Abuja on Thursday night
after attending the ongoing G7 meeting in Germany.
Some APC lawmakers led by for former Governor Bukola
Saraki of Kwara State have reportedly reached an alliance
with People’s Democratic Party lawmakers overnight to
present a PDP candidate as President of the Senate.
Immediate past Senate President, David Mark, was named
as the likely beneficiary of Mr. Saraki’s revolt.
Former Governor Saraki is reportedly irate that he was
schemed out of the APC’s nomination for the Senate
Presidency. Last Saturday, the party bypassed the former
governor amid concerns that he could not be totally relied
upon to lead an effective and cooperative Senate that would
give President Buhari reliable legislative backing. Instead,
the APC adopted Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan from
Nigeria’s northeast state of Yobe as its candidate for the
Senate Presidency.
SaharaReporters learnt that President Buhari had expressed
serious concerns to some associates that a Nigerian
Senate led by Mr. Saraki would not lend him the necessary
legislative backing to wage a major war against corruption.
Mr. Saraki carries a lot of corruption baggage, dating back
to his days as an executive of the defunct Societe Generale
Bank of Nigeria, and continuing with his tenure as Kwara
State governor.
SaharaReporters also learned that another group of
lawmakers in the House of Representatives were also upset
with the APC’s choice of Lagos legislator, Femi
Gbajabiamila, as the party’s sole candidate for Speaker.
Yakubu Dogara, an aspirant for the speakership who hails
from Bauchi State, leads the disaffected legislators
opposed to Mr. Gbajabiamila.
An APC executive told SaharaReporters that some party
leaders consider Mr. Saraki as the wrecking ball who must
be subdued to ensure that the party does not lose the
leadership of the Senate.
In the midst of the internal squabble within the APC,
SaharaReporters learnt that former Senate President David
Mark has been mobilizing disgruntled APC senators to back
him for a third term in the premier post at the Senate.
Another source disclosed that several PDP senators were
demanding outrageous sums of money from APC leaders in
exchange for casting their votes for candidates favored by
the party.

Hmmmm

It has dawned on us they are bunch of same people seeking personal gains first before any Nigerian progress. Why fight, rebel and kill to lead if leading is actually service as they say,

We dey watch una.