As Senate President Bukola Saraki
appeared before the Code of Conduct
Tribunal over alleged false assets
declaration, the All Progressives Congress,
APC, was said to be considering former sen
ate leader, George Akume and wife of the national leader of the APC, Senator Remi Ti
nubu and two other ranking senators from
the South West zone as Saraki’s
replacement.
Apart from Senator Akume who is from the North
Central zone and Remi Tinubu, no other names
were mentioned but sources said other two rank
ing senators also from the South West are being
considered on APC shop list.
Feelers from Abuja reaching Kaduna, the second
home of President Muhammadu Buhari revealed
that, barring any last minute change of plan,
Saraki may be asked to resign
…f he refused, may be impeached on moral
ground to concentrate on his trial.
According to National Mirror, Senator Ahmed
Lawan who was anointed by APC as its sole
candidate but lost to Saraki would emerge senate
leader from the North East, since the Speaker is
also from the zone.
One of the credible sources explained that,
though Saraki and Dogara jettisoned APC’s
,earlier zoning of National Assembly principal
officers which favoured the north which has both
the Senate President and Speaker but that under
the new deal, South West zone may produce deputy senate president.
Meanwhile, one of the anti -Saraki’s groups,
Northern Ethnic Nationalities Unity Congress,
NENUC, had called on the senate president to re
sign or face impeachment over CCT 13 count
charges against him.
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