APC govs want Saraki, Dogara whipped into line

Worried by the ongoing crisis in the National Assembly over the election of its leaders, governors on the platform of the APC have resolved to get involved by calling the lawmakers, especially the Senators from their respective states to adhere to the party’s decisions.

It is believed that the governors’ reprimand is targeted mainly at Senate President Bukola Saraki, and Speaker Ahmed Dogara, who are the main actors in the saga, because of the drama that accompanied their elections.

Governor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State who spoke to reporters after a meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on the issue, said that he and his colleagues were worried by the development in the National Assembly and decided to rub minds with the President on the matter.

He said, “We are worried by the pockets of disagreements going on at the National Assembly. We have resolved that we came from a party and our party’s views should be respected.

“So, we feel that there is the need for us to invite our senators and look more into the matter and see how we can all make peace.

“We believe that everyone should respect our party from which we all came from and for that reason, we have decided that we are going to invite our senators and rub minds with them.

“We are saying that there should not be a winner-takes-it-all; that we should carry everybody along and accommodate others as suggested by the party.”

Also, Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State said all they agreed on was that senators should adopt the position of the party.

“We were all elected on the platform of the party. We are not just a collection of individuals, we are a political party and when the party has spoken we must listen, otherwise if it was a game of individuals like golf, then individuals can go their way”.

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