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9th Assembly Leadership: Saraki, Dogara Not Threats - APC

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As the 8th National Assembly moves to wrap up its tenure, the All Progressives Congress (APC) has put in place strategies to ensure that the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, do not influence the election of presiding officers for the Ninth National Assembly.

It was gathered that the national leadership of the party and the preferred candidates for the positions of presiding officers had arranged a series of meetings with members-elect to douse apprehension.

An APC chieftain who decides not to be named disclosed that the party would work hard to thwart whatever plans Saraki and Dogara had against the emergence of its anointed candidates.

But a member of the National Working Committee of the APC said party leaders were aware of counter-moves by Dogara to frustrate the agenda of the ruling party.

He said, “We are aware of clandestine meetings he had been having with some members of the House of Representatives against the wish of the APC.

“We are not surprised because he is no longer our member, but we are watching keenly the activities of our members who had been meeting with him. “The agenda is for the party and everybody to respect party supremacy.”

Another chieftain of the party, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said the party, was also monitoring developments in the Senate as some senators in the opposition PDP had stepped up their game to cause disaffection among the APC members, with Saraki at the background.

The APC National Publicity Secretary, Lanre Issa-Onilu, said the party was not threatened by the influence of Saraki and Dogara.

He said, “I will advise we stop talking about Dr Saraki as far as the Ninth National Assembly is concerned.

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