National Assembly: APC Leadership Insists On List Of Principal Officers It Submitted

BEVERLY HILLS, June 25 (THEWILL) – The leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has condemned what transpired at both chambers of the National Assembly on Thursday.

In a statement by the party’s National Secretary, Alhaji Mai Mala Buni, APC said the party stood by the lists sent to the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

The party had sent letters to both chambers conveying names of its candidates for the principal offices of both chambers while a faction of the lawmakers opted otherwise.

The offices are that of the Senate Leader, Deputy Senate Leader, House Leader, Deputy House Leader, Chief Whip and Deputy Chief Whip among others.

The party had chosen Senators Ahmed Lawan and George Akume as Leader and Deputy Leader of the Senate instead, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, who has been at loggerheads with his party, named Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume (APC, Borno) and Senator Bala Ibn Na'Alla (APC, Kebbi).

He also named Senator Francis Alimikhena (APC, Edo) as the Deputy Chief Whip and Senator Olushola Adeyeye (APC, Osun) as Senate Chief Whip against the party's nominees.

The party said its leadership would meet within days to deliberate on the development.

‘The National Caucus, Board of Trustees and National Executive Council (NEC) of the party will meet within the next few days to discuss the evolving developments in the National Assembly,” it said.