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Defections: Saraki’s men tackle APC caucus, insist on Senate presidency
President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, and his loyalists in the chamber are battle ready to keep his presiding status, regardless of which party has the majority of members between the All Progressives Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party in the National Assembly.
Saraki’s loyalists, who spoke to Saturday PUNCH on Friday, dismissed the call by members of the Parliamentary Support Group that the Senate President should quit as presiding officer once he defects from the ruling party.
Speaking to The PUNCH correspondent, Saraki’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, noted that two-thirds of senators were needed to remove the Senate President.
The PUNCH, July 28, 2018
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