Oshiomhole Recognizes Lawal As ‘Acting Senate President’ At APC NEC Meeting

The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, reportedly recognized Senator Ahmed Lawal as acting President of the Nigerian Senate at the ongoing NEC meeting of the ruling party.

According to reports, Oshiomhole, while observing protocol before his speech at the APC NEC meeting, said: “In the absence of the Senate President, the Senate leader, Senator Ahmed Lawal can stand in”

The Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, had recently defected from the ruling APC to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) alongside the National Publicity Secretary of ruling party, Bolaji Abdullahi.

Following his defection to the PDP, the APC Chairman has been asking Saraki to resign his position as Senate President, saying it was unacceptable for him to leave the ruling party to the opposition party with “the crown” he got on the platform of the APC.