The race for the 10th senate presidency intensify on Thursday as a frontline contender and former Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari, disclosed that a possible alliance with other three major contenders is in the offing.
Yari, who is the senator-elect representing Zamfara West, said talks are ongoing between his team and that of Orji Uzoh Kalu , Mohammed Sani Musa and Osita Izunaso .
Yari who was at the NNPP secretariat to solicit the support of the NNPP lawmakers for his ambition was accompanied by Izunaso, Senator Kawu Sumaila among other lawmakers. While noting that the Senate is an independent arm which must be allowed to operate freely, the former Zamfara governor pointed out that some people were using religion to disenfranchise credible candidates.
He said: “During the PDP era, hardly you won’t have the ruling party with 2/3 in either the senate or the house. But I can tell you that democracy is advancing and people are being selective in their choice. Today my party is struggling with 59 members as senators. In the house, if you put the number, the opposition are leading with about 183. It has to be collective. Today, each and every party is key and it’s chip.in words is critical to democracy.
“We are going to get to the floor of the House and election will take place. And knowing that it is a democratic setting, we need to be having this kind of engagement. “We are going round to canvas the support of the national working committee or the leadership of the parties so that they can talk to their members and they will do the right thing for Nigeria and Nigerians.
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