… As Saraki meets with Senators on presidential ambition
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily– The Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Committee of the All Progressives Congress will brief Senators of the ruling party on Tuesday, March 22, at 2pm.
The announcement was made by the Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, at the start of plenary on Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
A statement issued by a media aide to the Senate President, Ezrel Tabiowo, said Omo-Agege conveyed the notice of the meeting in a letter addressed to the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and signed by the Senate Leader, Yahaya Abdullahi.
The Senate Leader, in the letter, said the meeting would avail the Buni-led Committee to brief the lawmakers on the forthcoming convention slated for March 26, 2022.
He further disclosed that the former Governor of Zamfara State and Chairman of the Nigeria Governors Forum, Hon. Abdul’aziz Yari, would also address the caucus.
In a related development, former Senate President and presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Bukola Saraki, would also meet today with PDP Senators today.
Saraki was President of the Eighth Senate between 2015 and 2019 a d an ex-governor of Kwara State.
The notice of meeting between Saraki and members of the Senate PDP caucus was contained in a letter signed by the Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe.
The letter was also read by the Deputy Senate President, Omo-Agege, who presided over plenary on Tuesday.
The time of the meeting was slated for 7pm, Tuesday, March 22, 2022.