Fate of Adamu, NASS leadership tops agenda as elected senators meet Tinubu

Ahead of their scheduled talks with the ruling All Progressives Congress and President-elect Asiwaju Bola Tinubu in Abuja, a number of elected senators and elected members of the House of Representatives were present on Sunday spotted in town.

Among those seen were Senate President Ahmad Lawan; Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, who was recently re-elected as a senator representing the central senatorial district of Ekiti, and elected senator from Kano North, Barau Jibrin.

The closed meeting, which is to be held at the State House in Abuja on Monday, has generated a lot of interest over the past few days.

Although the agenda for the meeting has not been revealed, a source at the APC secretariat told our correspondent that it was a preliminary consultation and a strategic plan regarding the issue of zoning of the Presidency of the Senate, Speaker for the House of Representatives and other main offices of the National Assembly.

According to the source, the "ghost of the civilian coup" executed by the duo of Senator Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara to become President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2015 still haunts the ruling party.

It was also learned that the main agenda of the meeting was the call for the resignation of APC National President Abdullahi Adamu and the leadership of the National Assembly .

An elected senator, who spoke on condition of anonymity, explained that Adamu's resignation was at the top of the meeting's agenda.

He said: "There were serious concerns before we went to the elections and many of us believe that Adamu should resign to appease the feelings of the Christian community towards our party .

"The calculation then was that our Christian brothers and sisters would soften their tough stance against our party if we produced one of them as National President of the APC.

"There were, however, superior arguments that such arrangements could only be made during the party convention. It was also argued that it was not preferable to show up in elections with a house divided.

“However, it was agreed that something urgent had to be done about this as soon as our presidential and vice-presidential candidates emerged victorious in the ballot.

"I wouldn't be surprised if the National President comes to the meeting tomorrow (today) with his letter of resignation in his pocket."

Some of the senators present at the meeting were Senator Sani Musa (Niger East), Opeyemi Bamidele (Ekiti Central). It was agreed that the elected Senator, Pastrick Ndubueze (Imo-Nord), would travel to Abuja today.

In a telephone interview with our correspondent, Senator Sani Musa confirmed that he was in town and preparing for the meeting.

He said, "I'm in town getting ready for the meeting tomorrow (Monday)."

Furthermore, a message from Senator Opeyemi Bamidele's media office confirmed that he was in Abuja.

"Senator Opeywmi Bamidele is in town and everything is ready for the meeting tomorrow. The meeting is very crucial for him," the statement read.

Similarly, Senator Solomon Adeola's media aide, Kayode Odunaro, noted that he couldn't say if his boss was already in town because he hadn't spoken to him yet today. .

He said, "I can't tell if Senator Adeola is in town yet, but based on our last conversation, if he's not here today (Sunday), it should be very early tomorrow morning."

Also, Nwokorie David, press aide to Senator-elect, Ndubheze noted that his principal would have been in Abuja on Sunday evening had it not been for the postponement of his flight.

He said, "He was on his way to the airport when his flight was cancelled.

''He'll be on board first thing tomorrow morning, God willing.'

The meeting invitation, which was signed by APC National Secretary Iyiola Omisore, was also posted via the party's official Twitter account at around 10:08 p.m. Friday.

While asking guests to show up with the return certificate issued to them by the Independent National Electoral Commission after they were declared winners, the statement also urged them to arrive early enough to participate to a selection exercise. before the scheduled event at 2 p.m.

The planned talks followed calls from concerned party members, including APC National Vice-President (North West) and member of the national working committee, Mallam Salihu Lukman, who felt it was necessary to lock down the sensitive post of President and President of the Senate after the positions of President and Vice President were zoned to the southwest and northeast respectively.

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