Salihu Lukman, vice-chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the north-west, says any Muslim aspiring to be senate president does not respect the constitution and the party.
Lukman made the remark on the grounds that President-elect Bola Tinubu and Kashim Shettima, the vice-president-elect, are both Muslims.
“This is because Chapter II, Section 14 of the Nigerian constitution clearly outlined that ‘the composition of the Government of the Federation or any of its agencies and the conduct of its affairs shall be carried out in such a manner as to reflect the federal character of Nigeria and the need to promote national unity, and also to command national loyalty, thereby ensuring that there shall be no predominance of persons from a few states or from a few ethnic or other sectional groups in that...
“There are also the disturbing reports from house of representatives members-elect that one aspirant for the position of Speaker from north-east apart from bribing members-elect with huge amounts of money is also offering jeeps to members-elect if they will commit to electing him as the speaker,” he said.
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