Shehu Sani, a former senator, says the All Progressives
Congress (APC) must put its house together to avoid a repeat of 2015.
He spoke ahead of the inauguration of the 10th national
assembly on June 13.
During an interview with Channels Television, Sani said the
party must engage in serious consultations to deliver its anointed candidates
for the national assembly positions.
The APC had nominated Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau as senate president and deputy senate president respectively.
For the house of representatives, the ruling party nominated
Tajudeen Abbas and Benjamin Kalu as the preferred choice for speaker and
deputy, respectively.
However, some lawmakers-elect, including Orji Kalu,
Abdulaziz Yari, and Idris Wase, have opposed the zoning arrangement of the
party, while insisting on contesting the positions.
In 2015, Ahmed Lawan, the nominated candidate of the APC,
lost the senate president position to another member of the party, Bukola
Saraki.
Reacting to the development, Sani said President Bola Tinubu
must engage with Yari and Kalu in order to deliver his anointed candidates.
“Tinubu being a former senator and he was also part of the
circle in 2015 during the Saraki and Lawan issue,” he said.
“I thought that by now the first thing he (Tinubu) needs to
do, knowing that his party has the majority, is to first of all go into a room
with members of his party.
“Talk to Orji Kalu and Yari. Tell them that this is the
person I want to support. They will agree with him. But that was not done.
“What is happening in
the national assembly is that there are basically two candidates — Akpabio and
Yari.
“Akpabio is the anointed candidate of the president while
Yari is the rebel leader. I have no doubt that from now to Monday, if there is
no serious consultation, appeasement and horse-trading, it may go the wrong way
for the president.
“One thing I know very well is that if the APC goes to the
floor without putting its house in order, the 2015 scenario will re-enact
itself, especially if there is secret voting.”
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