Nigerian senator representing the All Progressive Congress in the Yobe North constituency of Yobe State, Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan, has assured APC members and supporters that they are still the majority in the senate. He said this at a press conference on Tuesday after a 2-hour intense meeting with the APC caucus in the Senate.
“You’ll recall that some members of our family, the APC family gave a list that they have decamped from the APC to the PDP and other parties, the ADC in particular. It is with a heavy heart that we have to watch our brothers and sisters in the APC caucus take the action they did. And we still are optimistic and confident that we will work with our leaders of the APC to bring back our colleagues who had gone. The essence of this press briefing is to let you know that even though some of our colleagues have left, the APC remains the majority party in the Senate in terms of numbers. Out of the 109 senators, APC has 52, the PDP has 50, ADC has three and APGA has two. And you’ll recall that we lost two of our colleagues. So we have two vacant seats and the total gives you 109.
“I want to assure you that by the grace of God, INEC will conduct the by-elections, the APC will win because these are our safest seats. In addition, we are still expecting some of our colleagues in the original PDP who have expressed willingness to join the APC. For our colleagues that have left, we are still optimistic that many of them or all of them will have a change of heart. APC remains the majority party in the Senate. I will not be speaking for the House of Reps but I want to tell you too that APC remains 0the majority party too in the House of Reps. I want to use this opportunity to tell Nigerians that APC remains the majority and this majority will continue to support Mr. President to ensure that we fulfill our campaign promises. I have a list, we don’t do our things like others do, we back whatever we say with facts.”
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