Aggrieved senators in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) are planning for an upset if their president, Godswill Akpabio, fail to pacify them.
The lawmakers in Akpabio’s camp said that once principal offices and committees are shared, the agitation will die down.
“Some people are just planting stories that 22 Senators from the APC want to join the PDP. No senator will take that risk because before you remove the president of the Senate, you must have 73 senators. So, people raising that kind of alarm are just flying a kite. “We learned that Senator Opeyemi Bamidele is being positioned for the office of the Senate leader. If that is done, the Northern senators will not be happy with Akpabio and that will be the beginning of his problem.
According to the opposition lawmakers, there are plans to ensure that all the principal officers are loyal to the ruling party. “It has come to the notice of the minority political parties in the Senate of an attempt by forces inside and outside the Senate to divide the minority parties and foist a pliant and compromised leadership on them.