Senators Ahmed Lawan and George Akume, who were favoured by the All Progressives Congress to emerge as Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively at the May 9 inauguration of the Senate walked out of plenary in protest on Wednesday.

The senators, who walked out in company with some of their colleagues, were protesting the decision of Senate President Bukola Saraki to allow his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu to preside over plenary in his absence.



Ekweremadu presided over the Wednesday sitting because Saraki was at the Presidential Villa to attend the swearing-in of new ministers by President Muhammadu Buhari.

Lawan and three others later held a brief discussion before they left to their various offices in the new senate wing.

The plenary was the first that Ekweremadu will preside over since the inauguration of the Eighth Senate.

mazeltov:
[b]Bad market!!
We all know this. It's no news. Saraki is a temporary Apc member- not a permanent Pdp member to say but a long Pdp member. If you don't know this, you better know now. Saraki is over ambitious to the extent that he likes using people or political party as a stepping stone to reach the zenith of his ambitions.
Many people and some Apc members are thinking that Saraki used and dumped Pdp just because he confirmed Amaechi, No!! No!! Amaechi's confirmation is just a ''false flag'', Amaechi is just a distraction!! One would wonder why Pdp are still supporting Saraki despite the fact that he confirmed Amaechi as minister. Please look beyond what you see and stay ahead of the curves, that's the political logic.
Saraki is the main man using Apc as a ladder to clinch his presidential ticket, serving as a Senate president would give him a safe landing not in Apc but in Pdp. Do you think that Pdp really give a flying Bleep about Amaechi;? Lwkmd, If Amaechi wasn't confirmed what would Pdp gain? Take a look at how Saraki distributed the senate committe, it's a total act of betrayal against Apc. Giving not only juicy but sensitive development positions that are needed to actualise our change to the opposition is a bad omen and a very disturbing signal to the intelligent Apc members and Saraki is hoping that this would water the minds of Pdp members and to cap it all, Pdp has zoned presidential ticket to the North, is Saraki from South? Right now, I can see how Karma is trying suck Apc's dick. Saraki is the main betrayer not Amaechi- the lines are falling on him in good places. It's a matter of time, Saraki will soon defect back to Pdp and the only way to block him is to make sure that he got drowned in the pool of CCT trial and if he mistakenly wins, What would befall Apc will be destructive than American Trident missile[/b]

mazeltov:
[b]Bad market!!
We all know this. It's no news. Saraki is a temporary Apc member- not a permanent Pdp member to say but a long Pdp member. If you don't know this, you better know now. Saraki is over ambitious to the extent that he likes using people or political party as a stepping stone to reach the zenith of his ambitions.
Many people and some Apc members are thinking that Saraki used and dumped Pdp just because he confirmed Amaechi, No!! No!! Amaechi's confirmation is just a ''false flag'', Amaechi is just a distraction!! One would wonder why Pdp are still supporting Saraki despite the fact that he confirmed Amaechi as minister. Please look beyond what you see and stay ahead of the curves, that's the political logic.
Saraki is the main man using Apc as a ladder to clinch his presidential ticket, serving as a Senate president would give him a safe landing not in Apc but in Pdp. Do you think that Pdp really give a flying Bleep about Amaechi;? Lwkmd, If Amaechi wasn't confirmed what would Pdp gain? Take a look at how Saraki distributed the senate committe, it's a total act of betrayal against Apc. Giving not only juicy but sensitive development positions that are needed to actualise our change to the opposition is a bad omen and a very disturbing signal to the intelligent Apc members and Saraki is hoping that this would water the minds of Pdp members and to cap it all, Pdp has zoned presidential ticket to the North, is Saraki from South? Right now, I can see how Karma is trying suck Apc's dick. Saraki is the main betrayer not Amaechi- the lines are falling on him in good places. It's a matter of time, Saraki will soon defect back to Pdp and the only way to block him is to make sure that he got drowned in the pool of CCT trial and if he mistakenly wins, What would befall Apc will be destructive than American Trident missile[/b]

makzeze:
They have done the right thing.

EagleScribes:
Politicians fighting each other to the detriment of Nigerians since the days of the Tower of Babel.
And before you know it, exchange of brown envelopes and money bags will make them friends again - to the detriment of Nigerians again