Ali Ndume, senator representing Borno south district, says
President Bola Tinubu “sneaked out” to beg some lawmakers to support his
preferred candidates for the 10th national assembly leadership positions.
Speaking on Tuesday in an interview with Channels
Television, Ndume said the president deployed his “foot soldiers” to deliver
his preferred candidates.
Earlier, Godswill Akpabio, the senator representing Akwa
Ibom north-west, was elected senate president after polling 63 votes to defeat
his challenger, Abdulaziz Yari, who scored 46 votes.
Barau Jibrin, a senator from Kano, was declared deputy senate president.
For the house of representatives, Tajudeen Abbas, a lawmaker
representing Zaria constituency in Kaduna, was elected speaker, while Benjamin
Kalu from Abia state, was declared deputy.
The new leaders of the national assembly got the backing of
the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Tinubu.
Reacting to the development, Ndume said the president is an
“experienced” politician, adding that he convinced many lawmakers to support
his preferred candidates.
“When I contested
last time (2019), everybody was on the other side because the party and
president endorsed Ahmad Lawan,” he said.
“It is almost a repetition of the same thing, the party and
the president had a preferred candidate but this president (Tinubu) is an
experienced politician who has played a lot of politics.
“He deployed his foot soldiers to complement our (campaign
team of Akpabio) efforts and that made a difference. The vice president
assisted us.
“He called some people. He even went to some people. It is
politics. He sneaked out to visit some people and begged them to support. He
has his reasons and there were convincing.”
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