APC should 'wield big stick' on Saraki, others, says Sen Ibrahim

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Senator Abu Ibrahim

Senator Abu Ibrahim
Senator Abu Ibrahim

Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC-Katsina South), wants the All Progressives Congress to punish anybody who decides to go against the directives of the party on the appointment of principal officers.

Ibrahim was reacting to a zoning formula drafted senators who belong to the ‘Like Minds’, a group that’s loyal to Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

The group came up with a zoning formula that gave the position of Majority Leader to the North-East; Deputy Majority Leader to North-West and the Chief Whip to South-West but senators who belong to the “Unity Forum”, loyal to Senator Ahmad Lawan (APC-Yobe North), insisted that all vacant positions be filled by the national leadership of the party.

Ibrahim maintained that the senators had no power to zone the leadership positions to any region. He pointed out that the procedure for allocating the offices had been the exclusive right of the ruling party, adding that, it should be maintained.

“As far as I am concerned, this was never done, I was a principal officer in the last senate, the party gave our names and that’s how I became a principal officer,” he said.

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He, therefore, called on the APC to “wield its big stick” if anybody decided to go against the directives of the party this time around.

Similarly, northern House of Representative members has reportedly backtracked on their decision to support some members approved by their party.

It would be recalled that the national chairman of the APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun wrote Saraki and Speaker of the House of Reps, indicating approved principal officers.

“Please find below for your necessary action names of principal officers approved by the party, after excessive consultations for the 8th Senate as follows: Senator Ahmed Lawan (Majority Leader)–North-East; Prof. Sola Adeyeye (Chief Whip)–South-West; Sen. George Akume (Deputy Majority Leader)—North-Central; and Sen. Abu Ibrahim(Deputy Chief Whip)—North-West,” the letter to Saraki from Oyegun read.

To Dogara he wrote: “Please find below for your necessary action names of principal officers approved by the party after extensive consultations for the eighth House of Representatives as follows: Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila (House Leader) South-West; Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa(Deputy House Leader)—North-West; Hon. M. T. Monguno(Chief Whip)—North-East; and Hon. Pally Iriase (Deputy Chief Whip)—South-South. This comes with the assurances of my highest regards.”

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