Five days to the inauguration of the 10th National Assembly, the APC leadership had also endorsed the member-elect representing Kaduna, as speakership candidate, while the member-elect from Abia State, clinched the Deputy Speaker slot. Not officially declared its consensus candidate to run against Abbas. While Abbas is from Kaduna State in the North-West, Member-elect for the Ningi/Warji Federal Constituency in Bauchi State, but he simply called for a united front. Both Senate and the House of Representatives, he emphasised that he will perform an open-door policy for everybody. Told The PUNCH that Tinubu appealed to lawmakers to uphold national interest. He didn’t mention anybody’s name to be voted for. Maybe he is appealing, What he told them there and then was that the zoning stands. What he was trying to tell them, based on our interpretation, where no leadership position was zoned to, the source admitted that “it does not favour him. The source stated, †adding that, as part of his continued lobbying for votes..
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