Saraki Names Four Candidates For Senate Leadership 25/06/15

The Senate President Bukola Saraki has defied the directive of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on choice of other principal officers, announcing names of three candidates for the Senate leadership positions different from the names submitted by the party.

At Thursday's plenary session, the Senate President announced Senator Ali Ndume as Senate Majority Leader, Senator Bala Ibn Na Allah as Deputy Senate Majority Leader and Senator Francis Alimikhena as Deputy Chief Whip.

But while it looked like an inevitable conclusion, Senator Kabiru Marafa challenged the decision of the Senate President to read the letters from the APC caucuses and ignoring that sent to him by the party's leadership.