Outgoing Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi and former Governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu are currently involved in a fierce political battle over who will produce Nigeria's next senate president. THIS DAY reports that Tinubu has thrown its weight behind Senate Minority Leader, Senator George Akume, for the office of the Senate President while the Amaechi is pushing hard for the emergence of Saraki. The APC is yet to zone the position of the senate presidency, however an
anonymous source told THIS DAY that given the interest by different contenders for the office, it may be difficult for the power brokers in APC to reach a consensus with the gladiators on who would become the next Senate President.Hence, a source said if a stalemate prevails, there may be a repeat of the episode in the House of Representatives in 2011 when members of the House opted to elect their speaker and deputy in violation of the ruling PDP zoning agenda which had zoned the two offices to South-west and North-east respectively.
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