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About 64 current and new senators-elect had yesterday endorsed the candidacy of former Kwara State Governor, Senator Bukola Saraki, for the position of Senate Presidency in the 8th Senate.
The endorsement deal was sealed yesterday at a meeting held at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.
An anonymous source who was in attendance at the meeting told ThisDay that the senators who are backing Saraki had decided to throw their weight behind the former Kwara State governor, because they want a “Senate president who is a product of the members and not one imposed by a godfather.”
The insider noted that those present at the meeting comprised 19 senators elected on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, and 45 from the APC.
It was gathered that senators present at the meeting include: Senators Muhammad Adamu Aliero, Danjuma Goje, Andy Uba, Mohammed Ali Ndume, Gilbert Nnaji, Dino Melaye and Isiaka Adeleke, the three senators representing Delta State and two from Edo State, among others.
The resolve of the senators is aimed at thwarting attempts by the APC to zone the Senate presidency to the North-East geopolitical zone, and efforts by the National Leader of the party, Bola Tinubu, to foist Senator Ahmed Lawan, his preferred candidate from Yobe State, as Senate President.
