At the weekend, the ruling all progressives congress (APC) was worried that the party could lose control of the national assembly as a result of subtle threats by angry aspirants for leadership positions in the 10th assembly, which would abandon apc.
On a Sunday, vanguard learned that some northern and southwestern statesmen, including two former governors and traditional rulers, had waded into the ruthless debate and spoken with some of the most influential lawmakers-elect to defuse the situation in the polity.
Last week, the party unveiled a zoning system for electing principal officers of the 10th assembly, a situation that pitted the majority of the candidates against the Senator Abdullahi Adamu-led national working committee (NWC).
It also named Tajudeen Abbas (APC Kaduna) and Benjamin Kalu (APC Abia) as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively.
However, at a parley between contenders for the Senate presidency and Adamu, one of them, a senator representing Niger East, Sani Musa, noted that membership of the party was voluntary and not compulsory.
