Senators elected on the platform of Congress of all progressives (APC) paid a courtesy call on the president-elect, Bola Tinubu, on Thursday.
Senators-elect visited Mr. Tinubu in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, after he commissioned projects at the invitation of the state’s governor, Nyesom Wike.
Among those present at the meeting were the former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio, Shuaib Salisu of Ogun State, Solomon Olamilekan of Lagos State and many others.
Details of the meeting were sketchy at the time of writing, but in a video of the meeting obtained by our reporter, Mr. Akpabio was seen introducing the senators-elect to Mr. Tinubu.
In the video, the president-elect exchanges greetings and courtesies with the senators-elect.
The race for the presidency of the Senate has generated controversy among the senators elected for the X Assembly on the platform of the ruling APC.
Six influential senators from different geopolitical zones have formally expressed their interest in the seat of the next president of the Senate.
Some of the contenders, apart from Mr. Akpabio, are Jibrin Barau (Kano), Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara), Governor Dave Umahi (Ebonyi), Orji Uzor Kalu (Abia), Osita Izunaso (Imo) and Sani Musa (Niger). .
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The Governor of Kano State, Abdullahi Ganduje, had announced that the internal group of the party resolved to place the president of the Senate in the South-South zone in favor of Mr. Akpabio.
The party has yet to announce its decision on the zoning of the leadership of the 10th National Assembly.