Peoples Democratic Party has adopted Senator Bukola Saraki for the Senate President and Mr. yakubu Dogara for the position of the Speaker of House of Representatives.
The party in a statement signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Olisa Metuh in the early hours of Tuesday morning urged its senators and reps to vote for these two men.
The All Progressives Congress in a primary election conducted by party leaders adopted Senator Ahmed Lawan for the office of the Senate President and Femi Gbajabiamila as Speaker.
President Mohammadu Buhari is expected to hold a meeting with All Progressives Congress legislators this morning.
The primary election conducted by the APC was boycotted by Saraki, Dogara and their supporters.
A truce meeting organised by Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo was also boycotted by Saraki and Dogara.
The National Chairman of the party, John Odigie-Oyegun who announced the meeting said its aim was to reconcile the aggrieved lawmakers.
Oyegun said “I want to appeal to APC members in both the Senate and the House of Representatives to respect the party, its view and the decision they themselves took in selecting the persons that will be presented to the National Assembly as the presiding officers.
“I want to make it clear, all the party did was to provide a platform for all elected members of the party in stating their preferences; this they have freely done in front of the party leadership.
“It seems that some of the aspirants feel not satisfied with the preferences of the majority of the members but for me as the chairman and other members of the NWC, we want to appeal that no individual interest should be allowed to override the interest of the party as a whole.
“We should let peace reign, we’ve all agreed to change and it must start with the conduct of the members themselves. To achieve this, Vice President Osinbajo will also have the opportunity to address elected APC National Assembly members.
“This is the very first step of the distribution of the spoils of office. The APC has survived a lot of predictions; we have survived and put many doomsayers to shame, this too shall come to pass.”
Nine minutes before the meeting was scheduled to begin, Dogara and Saraki indicated their reluctance to attend the meeting, later the Vice President himself didn’t attend the meeting, he was represented by the National Chairman.
Security has been tightened around the National Assemby in preparation for the inauguration today.
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