Senate President tussle: Lawan’s fate hangs as thirty-five APC Senators back Ndume
rom the APC are backing former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume to clinch the seat of Senate President for the Ninth Assembly.
The Senators-elect said, “We are not happy over claims by Lawan that APC governors have donated their Senators-elect to him in order to realise his Senate Presidency. The lawmakers rooting for Ndume are mostly drawn from the incoming Senators and a few former governors who feel slighted by the bullying tendencies of the National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
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