The naming of principal officers for the Eighth Senate has added salt to the party’s wound. By refusing to honour the party’s position, Dr. Bukola Saraki has re-enacted the controversy that threw him up as Senate President on June 9.

Rather than read the letter written to the Senate by APC’s National Chairman Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on the floor of the Upper Chamber on Wednesday, he ruled Senator Gbenga Ashafa, who brought up a motion on the matter, out of order.

The letter spelt out the party’s position and its choice candidates for principal offices in the Senate.

In it are the names of senators Ahmed Lawan (Northeast, Majority Leader); George Akume (Northcentral, Deputy Majority Leader); Prof. Sola Adeyeye (Southwest Chief Whip) and Abu Ibrahim (Northwest, Deputy Chief Whip).

A similar letter to House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, listed the names of preferred candidates for the principal offices in the lower legislative chamber. They are: Femi Gbajabiamila (House Leader), Southwest; Alhassan Ado Doguwa (Deputy House Leader), Northwest; M.T. Monguno (Chief Whip), Northeast and Pally Iriase (Deputy Chief Whip), Southsouth.

Saraki directed the caucuses in the senate to meet and submit their nominees for the principal offices. He discountenanced the chairman’s letter conveying the party position.

Before adjourning yesterday till July 21, Saraki named the principal officers.

Constitutional lawyer Prof Itse Sagay, (SAN), described Saraki’s defiance as a rebellion against the party.

“It is a rebellion against the process that brought him to the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly. It is the height of indiscipline that could lead to party’s collapse if care is not taken,” he said

Sagay went on: “The leadership of the APC should take the bull by the horn and discipline over ambitious Saraki. He should be expelled from the party before he destroyed it. Saraki has succeeded in destabilising the APC through his in-subordinate and confrontational attitude.

“The party should make its position known and stand by its nominees for the principal offices in the Senate. APC should call the bluff of arrogant and power conscious senate president.

“The party should not condone indiscipline. It should mete out severe punishment to Saraki and his co-travellers in the Senate who belong to the ruling party”.

Another lawyer, Monday Ubani, described Saraki’s posturing as very sad.

According to him, with what has played out again in the selection of principal officers, if Saraki has his way, and if he remains as Senate President, everything he does will favour members of the Senate and not the APC.

Source: http://nairamag.net/nigeria-is-in-trouble-with-saraki-as-senate-president-monday-ubani-laments/

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APC please organize unaselves...we don tire 4 una matter

I concur if he doesn't retrace his steps. Let no one make any mistake abt it, Saraki is NOBODY without APC.

Please do. We will be glad to receive him back to our great party(PDP)









PDP Shall Rise Again!!

And apc is nothing without saraki

DropShot:
I concur if he doesn't retrace his steps. Let no one make any mistake abt it, Saraki is NOBODY without APC.

Without discipline humans become no different from animals. So yes discipline Saraki after offering him fair hearing.

temitemi1:
And apc is nothing without saraki

You must be a joker big time. Most of the current APC political office holders have PMB/APC to thank for their electoral victory at the last poll. It was Sai Baba that boosted their chances by at least 70%.

DropShot:
I concur if he doesn't retrace his steps. Let no one make any mistake abt it, Saraki is NOBODY without APC.

Are you sure of your comment, but you do know that he was one time governor of a state? Let it be know to you that expelling Saraki and co will end your apc.

FearGodinall:
Are you sure of your comment, but you do know that he was one time governor of a state? Let it be know to you that expelling Saraki and co will end your apc.

Saraki's expulsion will end APC? You're so so funny.

DropShot:
I concur if he doesn't retrace his steps. Let no one make any mistake abt it, Saraki is NOBODY without APC.

Are you aware Buhari has never won Kwara state? Are you aware he doesn't even get 30% of the votes in previous elections? Have you asked yourself what changed? Please don't underestimate that guy called Saraki because even tinubu dare not say what you said. Buhari has contested 3times without victory, this time, he needed to align before he could win. Let's not sell the idea he doesnt need people who helped made that victory a reality. Let's be magnanimous in victory.

DropShot:
I concur if he doesn't retrace his steps. Let no one make any mistake abt it, Saraki is NOBODY without APC.

:,:,hmm, r u sure?
sha na ur opinion, so it doesnt change who owns kwara!
kwara is not own by either apc nor pdp but THE SARAKIS!

Expelled for what? You can be a coward but dnt expect other to follow your footsteps, so because he is in the party he should see the party's Wrongs to be Good, my dear Elections are over we should not be talking of parties now. Nigeria and the peoples interest is what matters not the so called party.

DropShot:
I concur if he doesn't retrace his steps. Let no one make any mistake abt it, Saraki is NOBODY without APC.

Saraki literally owns Kwara State. I don't know and doesn't even trust his presidential ambition but when it comes to Kwara politics Saraki will always win. So APC shouldn't over estimate itself, the guy Saraki with his position now can harm them real good.
That aside nobody from APC has answered my question as to what Lawan has over Saraki. How is Lawan a better candidate for Senate Presidency than Saraki?

A highly respected Authority in CONS-LAW in the person of Prof Itse Sagay (SAN) is now saying that APC directives to the senate president should now override the parliamentary convention and extant provisions of the senate standing orders ( chapter VI;Rules 28, 29 & 31)?


May God deliver Nigeria from the hands of Nigerians.

When PDP memebers were defecting, APC was laughing, PDP surmounted courage and maintained "No Problem"

Now, PDP jst had a small laugh and there is problem over the air.

This is bad! What goes around comes around

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FearGodinall:
Are you sure of your comment, but you do know that he was one time governor of a state? Let it be know to you that expelling Saraki and co will end your apc.

ur coment is hularios. Saraki only has weight in kwara and APC is well on ground there. APC has existed b4 Saraki joined. He even benefitd 4rm d popularity of buhari. APC has to call his bluff

Foools. Apc will cease to exist before 2019 election

ayindejimmy:
ur comment is hularios. Saraki only has weight in kwara and APC is well on ground there. APC has existed b4 Saraki joined. He even benefited 4rm d popularity of buhari. APC has to call his bluff

Hilarious abi? What are they waiting for the so called suspension,how does he benefited from apc?

APC is really a big shame in the country

Apc is a shame to democracy

Why did this mumu itsa sagay not advice that the former speaker Tambuwal be expelled from pdp before he cause trouble for pdp then when Tambuwal did exactly what Saraki has just done now? Mumu dullard advisers. Go and die all I care. Saraki has come to stay.

It doesn't matter. Saraki should remain strong in APC. Having a mole in a party is good at this stage of our democracy.


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y being too personal about it prof.?

DropShot:
I concur if he doesn't retrace his steps. Let no one make any mistake abt it, Saraki is NOBODY without APC.

He was SA to Obasanjo without APC
He was Governor of Kwara state for 8years without APC
He was Chairman Nigerian Governors Forum without APC
He was President UMYA kitchen inner cabinet without APC
He became Senate President Federal Republic of Nigeria without support from greedy APC leaders

He has been alot of things without APC