APC kicks against northern senate presidency

The  All Progressives Congress (APC) has kicked against northern senators contesting for the senate presidency, noting that any northerner aspiring to become Senate President of the 10^th National Assembly had no respect for the party’s constitution.

The National Vice Chairman of the APC (North-West), Malam Salihu Lukman and the party’s Director of Publicity, Bala Ibrahim, who spoke on Monday, urged northern senators contesting the post to step down for the sake of fairness.

Party chieftains in the South-South and South-East had called for the zoning of the senate presidency to their regions in the spirit of fairness and to give other geo-political regions a sense of belonging in view of the Muslim-Muslim presidential ticket adopted by the party.

So far, no fewer than eight senators had indicated an interest in the race. They include Senators Jibrin Barau (Kano Central), Sani Musa (Niger East), Orji Kalu (Abia North), and GodsWill Akpabio (Akwa-Ibom North-West ).

Others are Senators Osita Izunaso (Imo West), Peter Ndubuze (Imo North), Abdul’Aziz Yari (Zamfara West), and Ahmad Lawan (Yobe North), amongst others.

But  Lukman called on Yari, Barau and other northern senators to step down from the race for the office of Senate President in the 10th National Assembly.