{"id":38919,"date":"2015-05-26T16:31:51","date_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=38919"},"modified":"2015-05-26T16:31:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-26T15:31:51","slug":"senate-president-trouble-brews-as-apc-calls-saraki-a-liar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/senate-president-trouble-brews-as-apc-calls-saraki-a-liar\/","title":{"rendered":"Senate President: Trouble brews as APC calls Saraki\u00a0 a liar"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432652722284_3921\" class=\"base-card-body\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432652722284_4027\" class=\"msg-body inner  undoreset\" tabindex=\"0\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432652722284_4071\" class=\"email-wrapped\">\n<div id=\"yiv4927127190\">\n<p id=\"yui_3_16_0_1_1432652722284_4073\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">The jostle for who takes the Senate presidency seat amongst All Progressives Congress ( APC ) senators,\u00a0 is set to wreck havoc on the new coalition.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">One of the contenders who\u00a0 has allegedly spent\u00a0 a whooping $500,000, as &#8216;campaign cash&#8217;, today\u00a0 used his twitter account to claim his zone,\u00a0 the Central has been favored by the party.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">But the APC, today denied a media report that its National Working Committee met on Monday night and decided to zone the Senate Presidency to the North-Central and the Speaker of the House of Representatives to the South-West, saying nothing like that ever happened.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Saraki twitted \u201cI am delighted that the NWC of our dear party yesterday reaffirmed its earlier decision to zone position of Senate President to North Central,\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by its National Secretary, Mala Buni, the party said it was deeply embarrassed by the story, which was apparently planted in the media to sow the seeds of instability in the party.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201dThe NWC never discussed the issue of zoning at its meeting. Therefore, the report of its decision on zoning is a figment of the imagination of whoever concocted the story,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">APC however said nothing has changed since the President-elect Muhammadu Buhari said he is ready to work with anyone from any part of the country who occupies any of the principal offices of the incoming National Assembly, including those of the Senate Presidency and the Speaker of the House of Representatives.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"base-card-clear\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The jostle for who takes the Senate presidency seat amongst All Progressives Congress ( APC ) senators,\u00a0 is set to wreck havoc on the new coalition. 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