Battle For The Green Dome: Who Will Lead The 9th NASS?
Contenders for Senate President:
Senator Ahmed Lawan(APC, Yobe North)
Senator Ali Ndume(APC, Borno South)
Contenders for Speaker:
Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Lagos)
Abdulrazak Namdas (APC, Adamawa)
Mukhtar Aliyu Betara (APC, Borno)
Umar Bago (APC, Niger)
Nkeiruka Onyejeocha (APC, Abia)
John Okafor (APC, Imo)
Babangida Ibrahim (APC, Katsina)
Mohammed Kazaure (APC, Jigawa)
Supporters of Ahmed Lawan:
APC: 61 out of 63 Senators
PDP: 38 out of 44 Senators
YPP: 1 out of 1 Senator
Likely supporters of Ali Ndume:
APC: 2 out of 63 Senators
PDP: 6 out of 44 Senators
YPP: Nil
Likely supporters of Gbajabiamila:
APC: 197 out of 211 members
PDP: 13 out of 111 members
APGA: 5 out of 6 members
ADC: 1 out of 3 members
AA: 2 out of 2 members
Likely supporters of other candidates:
APC: 14 out of 211 members
PDP: 98 out of 111 members
APGA: 1 out of 6 members
ADC: 2 out of 3 members
AA: Nil
Strongest opposition to Gbajabiamila's speakership:
Umar Bago(APC, Niger)
Most likely Senate President:
Ahmed Lawan
Most Likely Speaker:
Femi Gbajabiamila
Likely Deputy Senate President:
Ovie Omo-agege(APC, Delta)
According to APC zoning formula, giving South-South the position
Likely Deputy speaker:
Idris Wase(APC, Niger)
According to APC zoning formula,giving North Central the position
Likely Senate Majority leader:
Orji Uzor Kalu
Likely HoR Majority leader:
Abdulmumin Jibrin
Did you know facts:
1. Senator Ali Ndume was fingered as a sponsor of Boko Haram by a captured member of the sect,Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, in 2011.
2. A charge of N25bln graft against Senator Danjuma Goje was dropped by the EFCC after he stepped down from the Senate Presidency race.
3. APC's "anointed" candidate for the speakership position,Femi Gbajabiamila,was once indicted by the high court of Georgia for swiddling his client of $25,000 while practicing law in the US. This was the money he allegedly used in starting his political career in Nigeria.
4. The APC choice for Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, was responsible for the infamous "mace-snatching" fiasco in April 2018, in which he brought thugs into the Senate Chamber during plenary and attempted to cart away the mace.
5. The chairman of Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila's campaign organization(and likely HoR Majority leader) was arrested on February 23 2019,over allegations of his involvement in a clash between APC and PDP loyalists in Kano,where two people lost their lives.
Senator Ahmed Lawan(APC, Yobe North)
Senator Ali Ndume(APC, Borno South)
Contenders for Speaker:
Femi Gbajabiamila (APC, Lagos)
Abdulrazak Namdas (APC, Adamawa)
Mukhtar Aliyu Betara (APC, Borno)
Umar Bago (APC, Niger)
Nkeiruka Onyejeocha (APC, Abia)
John Okafor (APC, Imo)
Babangida Ibrahim (APC, Katsina)
Mohammed Kazaure (APC, Jigawa)
Supporters of Ahmed Lawan:
APC: 61 out of 63 Senators
PDP: 38 out of 44 Senators
YPP: 1 out of 1 Senator
Likely supporters of Ali Ndume:
APC: 2 out of 63 Senators
PDP: 6 out of 44 Senators
YPP: Nil
Likely supporters of Gbajabiamila:
APC: 197 out of 211 members
PDP: 13 out of 111 members
APGA: 5 out of 6 members
ADC: 1 out of 3 members
AA: 2 out of 2 members
Likely supporters of other candidates:
APC: 14 out of 211 members
PDP: 98 out of 111 members
APGA: 1 out of 6 members
ADC: 2 out of 3 members
AA: Nil
Strongest opposition to Gbajabiamila's speakership:
Umar Bago(APC, Niger)
Most likely Senate President:
Ahmed Lawan
Most Likely Speaker:
Femi Gbajabiamila
Likely Deputy Senate President:
Ovie Omo-agege(APC, Delta)
According to APC zoning formula, giving South-South the position
Likely Deputy speaker:
Idris Wase(APC, Niger)
According to APC zoning formula,giving North Central the position
Likely Senate Majority leader:
Orji Uzor Kalu
Likely HoR Majority leader:
Abdulmumin Jibrin
Did you know facts:
1. Senator Ali Ndume was fingered as a sponsor of Boko Haram by a captured member of the sect,Ali Sanda Umar Konduga, in 2011.
2. A charge of N25bln graft against Senator Danjuma Goje was dropped by the EFCC after he stepped down from the Senate Presidency race.
3. APC's "anointed" candidate for the speakership position,Femi Gbajabiamila,was once indicted by the high court of Georgia for swiddling his client of $25,000 while practicing law in the US. This was the money he allegedly used in starting his political career in Nigeria.
4. The APC choice for Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege, was responsible for the infamous "mace-snatching" fiasco in April 2018, in which he brought thugs into the Senate Chamber during plenary and attempted to cart away the mace.
5. The chairman of Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila's campaign organization(and likely HoR Majority leader) was arrested on February 23 2019,over allegations of his involvement in a clash between APC and PDP loyalists in Kano,where two people lost their lives.
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