There are indications that the camp of Senate President, Bukola
Saraki, may be beating a retreat in the lingering cold war with the All
Progressives Congress, APC, hierarchy over the leadership crisis in the
Red Chambers, The Nation reports.
According to the report, the
arrowheads of the camp have already reached out to President Muhammadu
Buhari in order to reconcile the Senate President with him and, by
extension, the party leadership.
According to the report, members
of the peace team are also billed to meet with a national leader of the
party, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu.
It was however gathered that peacemaking Saraki loyalists were said
to have left the first meeting with Buhari “uncomfortable” on account of
his body language.
It
will be recalled that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, had emerged in
defiance of the position of the party on the leadership of the National
assembly.
According to the report, the decision of the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, to comply with APC’s
directive on the choice of principal officers in the House, was largely
responsible for the change of heart by Saraki and his supporters having
being put under pressure by Dogara’s move, adding that the
Buhari/Saraki’s loyalists and strategists meeting took place at the
Presidential Villa a few days ago.
The meeting, reportedly led by
Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, was shielded from reporters for what a source
described as “avoiding media backlash on the fresh peace process.”
The
report has it that those who accompanied Ndume to the meeting were
Senators Adamu Aliero, Danjuma Goje, Kabiru Gaya and Abdullahi Adamu.
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