This is coming just as Yari has said majority of the Senators are deserting former Akwa Ibom State governor, Senator Godswill Akpabio, and shifting their
As the June 13, 2023 date for the inauguration of the 10th Assembly inches closer by the day, the PDP and LP lawmakers said they are prepared for showdown with the leadership of their parties over the choice of the helmsmen of the 10th National Assembly.
The intention of the leadership of the two main opposition platforms, according to sources who should know, is to scuttle the zoning formula of APC for the leadership of the 10th Assembly and prevent the election of the preferred aspirants of the ruling party in the crucial legislative leadership election on June 13.
Some of the aspirants for the Senate president and Speaker of the House positions were also reported to have relocated to Bauchi, during the weekend’s retreat, ostensibly to monitor the development at the ceremony. He wondered why LP elected members were mobilised to the retreat of another opposition party in Bauchi.
Similarly, a PDP Senator-elect, who was at PDP’s Bauchi retreat, said, “The PDP’s NWC invited some elected members on the platform of the minority political parties, especially LP to the Bauchi retreat. Initially, we were surprised that elected lawmakers from other platforms other than PDP were brought into the retreat.
The campaign director-general of the Yari for Senate president group, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, who stated this noted that no one in Nigeria has more money to spend in politics than a former governor of a South-South state. “The former Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on the NDDC, Nicholas Mutu, was also named by the minister as receiving 74 contracts – the highest among the listed lawmakers. With this toxic relationship between Akpabio and the National Assembly, Akpabio is more likely to polarize the 10th assembly and take its eye off the ball when it comes to its constitutional duties and obligations to the people.
The fear, according to feelers, is that such a personality would be more of a liability than an asset to the Tinubu presidency. He said the EFCC boss was in the villa ostensibly to brief the president on the rumpus between the commission and the DSS which led to the storming of the Ikoyi EFCC office, where he also briefed the president on Akpabio and his inordinate ambition to lead the Senate.
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