The battle for the Ninth
President of the Senate has heightened with senators-elect involved in
signatures drive for the three contenders – Senate Leader Ahmad Lawan, Chairman
of the Senate Committee on Appropriations Danjuma Goje and the former Senate
Leader Ali Ndume.
All the three camps have been overwhelmed
by tally counting ahead of the election of principal officers in the next
dispensation.
But the three contenders have
kept their tallies under wraps while intensifying strategic sessions and
lobbying of their colleagues across party divides.
Although Lawan group has adopted
one-on-one strategy in its final phase of campaign, the PDP has initiated plot
to give block vote. It was learnt that a
former Abia deputy governor, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, has been coordinating
the opposition group.
Abaribe, a source said, has had
audience with Senator Goje, demanding the true picture of his strength among
APC senators-elect.
Goje was said to be yet to
respond to PDP’s request because his camp was still taking stock.
On his part, Ndume has adopted
what a source described as “subterranean” strategy.
Investigation by our
correspondent revealed that the inauguration of the Ninth National Assembly
will hold on June 11 after the Senate President Bukola Saraki and the House of
Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara, would have completed their tenure.
Saraki and Dogara will leave
office on June 9, 2019 to end turbulent four-year tenure.
All the three contenders are
locked in permutations with collection of signatures of Senators-elect.
While APC senators-elect are
trying to remain intact, some of the PDP senators-elect are opposed to block
vote.
The opposition senators-elect met
in the home of their coordinator, Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe, a few days ago to
strategise ahead of the election of the principal officers of the Senate.
After the session, some of the
senators-elect later had audience with one of the principal officers of the
Senate to brief him on the situation at hand.
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