Senators elected at the systems of different competition political events have kicked towards alleged actions through the Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, to select out a former Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal, because the Senate Minority Leader.
The senators, who spoke with THISDAY in Abuja, on Thursday, at the situations of anonymity, alleged that Atiku had submitted Tambuwal’s call along different favored senators withinside the minority caucus to the PDP for appointment as primary officials of the tenth National Assembly.
The aggrieved senators have consequently vowed to withstand Atiku’s alleged movements to impose Tambuwal on them.
They threatened to copy the manner they fought towards the imposition of Senator Godswill Akpabio, through the All-Progressives Congress and President Bola Tinubu at the Senate.
A massive quantity of competition Senators voted for Senator Abdul-Aziz Yari all through the senate presidency contest.
A PDP Senator from Rivers State, every other senator from the North Central and a rating senator from the South West geopolitical zones, made their grievances acknowledged in separate feedback whilst speakme with a few journalists, strictly beneathneath the situation of anonymity.
The federal lawmakers stated the sensitivity of the difficulty could now no longer permit them to reveal their identities now, however threatened to achieve this later if the scenario persists, expressing readiness to vote for any character apart from him.
Some of the minority senators, who spoke after their meeting, stated they could now no longer permit everyone to apply the minority chief role to barter for self-upkeep and to run for presidential election in 2027.
“You can hint the foremost political sports of Tambuwal for the beyond one decade. In 2019, He went towards his birthday birthday celebration, the PDP, and a sitting president to garbage the PDP zoning preparations simply as it favoured him. He constantly play ethnic and spiritual card while it favours him.
“When he have become speaker with the guide of competition elements (this is Tinubu, Muhammadu Buhari and different leaders), he used the platform of speakership to successfully garbage the presidency of Goodluck Johnathan and the PDP.
“He later defected and deserted the birthday birthday celebration that made it viable for him to be Speaker and moved the APC and negotiated to be governor. Buhari, Tinubu, however he determined to align with Atiku and got here again to PDP with the APC mandate that become given to him with the wish of going for walks for presidency.
“Wike towards all odds sponsored him and promised to supply the presidential nomination to him however Thank God that did now no longer succeed. In 2021, he once more went for a presidential go to however this time did now no longer get Wike’s guide. This is the document of the baby-kisser Atiku desires to foist as minority chief at the celebration.
“Also, his senatorial election in Sokoto, is now being contested. He become determined to return back to the Senate with the ambition that he might be rewarded with the placement of the senate president.
“When it emerged that the PDP did now no longer get majority and with the defeat of Atiku and Okowa, Atiku and the PDP then modified their plan to make him minority chief to compensate him.
“This explains why the PDP and different competition senators are rejecting him, pronouncing he has an antecedent of setting ambition over birthday birthday celebration, friendship and whatever else and that form of character isn’t always going to have their assist,” one of the senators stated
It changed into learnt that Wike and his institution are capitalizing in this to mobilise guide for a senator from the North Central, who might be unveiled soon.
