Below is how Sahara Reporters is reporting the new
development ...
A truce meeting called on Monday by the
leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC)
has been boycotted by Senator Bukola Saraki, one
of the party’s top contenders for the presidency of
the Senate. Senator Saraki boycotted the meeting
after reportedly telling party leaders that as a
former governor he could not attend a meeting
summoned by a ‘mere commissioner’, referring to
Professor Yemi Osinbajo, whose previous public
office was as Commissioner of Justice in Lagos
State. Saraki then became a Senator, while
Osinbajo is now the Vice President.
Following Saraki’s snub, Prof. Osinbajo didn’t
bother to attend the meeting, but the party met
with its elected lawmakers, with some of Saraki’s
earlier supporters joining the meeting. Sources at
the meeting told SaharaReporters that the leaders
of the National Working Committee of the APC
reaffirmed their support for candidates chosen
during Saturday’s mock primaries of the party.
The Senate and the House of Representatives are
expected to be inaugurated tomorrow. President
Muhammad Buhari has given his blessing and
dispatched a letter to the Clerk of the National
Assembly asking to declare the two chambers
inaugurated. Buhari is expected to return to Abuja
on Tuesday evening, according presidency
sources. APC is expected to hold a final meeting
tonight to prepare for the elections of its principal
officers of the National Assembly tomorrow.
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