The Northwest caucus of the All Progressives Congress has rejected the deputy Senate President slot as the lobby for positions in the 10th National Assembly reaches a frenetic level.
Reports have emerged that Senator Jibrin Barau from Kano has accepted to be the next Deputy Senate President following the position of the party to cede the office of the Senate President to the Christian South.
However, the people of the Northwest have rejected the post maintaining that the North has been asked to produce the Speaker which is the number four highest position in the country and can’t accept the Deputy Senate seat.
A group of Senators lobbying for Senator Gidswill Akpabio and Barau as Senate and Deputy reportedly reached out to Kaduna State Governor-Elect, Senator Uba Sani who also told them that the North had agreed that the position of the Speaker would go to the North West while the North Central would have the Deputy Senate President as a measure to check any rebellion.
“Sen. Uba Sani told his guests that there was no way the position of the Deputy Senate President would go to the North West which has already been asked to produce the Speaker,” a source said.
