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by Onyedi Ojiabor


What looks like a major crack in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) senators’ fold emerged on Friday with the public declaration of for Senator Ahmad Lawan’s Senate Presidency aspiration by Senator Peter Nwaoboshi.

Senator Nwaoboshi, a former Chairman of PDP in Delta State, represents Delta North Senatorial District in the upper chamber.

He threw his for Lawan to emerge President of the Ninth Senate at a crowded press briefing in Abuja.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Affairs, Senator Ita Enang, who is a known backer of Lawan’s aspiration, was at hand to receive Nwaoboshi.

The obviously elated Enang “thanked” Nwaoboshi profusely for his “” for Lawan Senate Presidential project.

Only last month, a PDP Senator elect, Abba Moro, who represents Senator David Mark’s Benue South Senatorial District, also came out to declare for Lawan’s Senate Presidency aspiration.

To show his was for real, Moro did not only declare his for Lawan, he is also a member of Lawan’s campaign organisation.

Moro said that he was there because he believed in the capacity of Lawan to lead the Ninth Senate.

Nwaoboshi is a known ally and staunch er of Senate President Abubakar Bukola Saraki.

Saraki has not openly declared for any of the front line contenders for the Senate President of the Ninth Senate.

The implication of Nwaoboshi’s open declaration of for Lawan is that PDP Senators may not go for block vote during the election of the presiding officers of the Ninth Senate as being taunted in some quarters.

It may also mean that PDP Senators are in disarray especially as more in their fold are said to be warming up to declare for Lawan ahead of the inauguration of the Ninth Senate this month.

Nwaoboshi noted the leadership of PDP will not direct its elected senators to vote for any particular candidate for the position of the Ninth Senate President.

The Delta North Senator whose victory was revalidated by an Appeal Court judgement on Thursday, said the best the PDP leadership would do was to give the elected of the incoming Ninth Senate, the direction to follow.

He insisted that the party would not necessarily impose a candidate on its elected of the National Assembly.

Nwaoboshi said” “The PDP has not taken a decision as a political party as far as the presiding officers of the Ninth Senate is concerned. Our party has not also told us the candidate we should vote for.

“I know the PDP leaders will not say this is the candidate they want. They would only give us a guideline.

“I also have a right as the representative of my people to determine what is good for the Anioma people.

“I am a loyal PDP man. I have not left the PDP and it is not part of my agenda to do.

“However, regarding the leadership of the Ninth Senate, I know my people would be happy with my choice of Lawan.

“My people know what they benefitted from the that I gave the incumbent Senate President.

“I can make a choice on my people’s behalf because I have lived among them over the years.”

Nwaoboshi added that even if his party, PDP takes a position on the issue of Senate President, as a Senator he has the right to decide who to for the position.

He noted that most importantly his constituents, Anioma people of Delta State preferred Ahmad Lawan to other Senators-elect eyeing the same position.

Nwaoboshi explained that though he did not Lawan’s aspiration during the Eight Senate in 2015, realities on ground as far as the 9th Senate is concerned, showed that Lawan is the most qualified having been in the National Assembly as an elected federal lawmaker since 1999.

He said, “All those contesting for the position have approached me for and as a student of history, I have studied their backgrounds which clearly show that in of experience, Lawan is the one with the requisite legislative experience.

“I have found in him, competence and the required intelligence legislatively and politically to steer the ship of leadership of the 9th Senate and by extension, that of the 9th National Assembly.”

The Delta North Senator noted that opposition of many of the PDP Senators to Lawan had been watered down by recent pronouncement by the Deputy National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator Lawal Shuaibu that leadership at both chambers cannot be imposed but through consensus across party lines.

On the revalidation of his victory at the poll, Nwaoboshi dismissed insinuations that his challenger at the Appeal Court, Ned Nwoko, would present the Certificate of Return issued to him by the Independent National Electoral Commission to be inaugurated as Senator on June 11 during the inauguration of the Ninth Senate.

He said, “Once the election has been declared and the certificate of return issued to the winner, it is only the highest court in the land that can order the withdrawal of the certificate.

“I have my certificate of return. Nobody has withdrawn it. What was issued to Ned Nwoko was a piece of paper and not a certificate of return. I was the one that contested the election having declared him in the primaries.”

https://thenationonlineng.net/senate-presidency-crack-in-camp-of-pdp-senators/

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Show those ones cash...... they are on your side!
PDP....... share the money
bunch of morons.......

Nwaboshi with not be in the senate , so the is irrelevant.

JERRYNIL:
Nwaboshi with not be in the senate , so the is irrelevant.

On the day of election,he will be there.notable pdp senators ing lawan are publicly showing it.where are those sipporting ndume and goje? Lawan is the next sp.tuniski and esseite,come and read this

The moment I saw the caption, I quickly went for the source, I was sure of the Nation, Tinubu's Newspaper.

Zone B believe the news.

Nation newspaper, I hail oooo

If Lawan or Gbajabiamila believe any PDP lawmaker, it is to their own peril.

All these my yeest people will not like this news.. er of losers

The God that did it for Oyo State will deliver Nigeria from the shackles of APC/Buhari/Tinubu...

ATIKU will get his mandate at the Supreme Court

dre11:



https://thenationonlineng.net/senate-presidency-crack-in-camp-of-pdp-senators/

Y all d pdp member not come and one candidate

The more you look, the less you see...Lawan for SP is sacrosanct.

Politics ba wasan yara bane

Nwaoboshi

JERRYNIL:
Nwaboshi with not be in the senate , so the is irrelevant.

Nwaboshi is irrelevant abi?

Maybe it is your daddy tapping palmwine in the village that is relevant.

deleyi20:
The God that did it for Oyo State will deliver Nigeria from the shackles of APC/Buhari/Tinubu...

ATIKU will get his mandate at the Supreme Court

You didn't vote in the last election and you're calling God. You know we are in rainy season, don't call God anyhow before thunder laminate you.

If anyone needs God's help, it is those dumb people that voted Ikpeazu in Abia. Those guys are slaves under PDP and are suffering terribly.

It's good you discovered earlier. Buhari's interest is here

this one wey still have case to sort with Ned Nwoko

More Kerosene to you

deleyi20:
The God that did it for Oyo State will deliver Nigeria from the shackles of APC/Buhari/Tinubu...

ATIKU will get his mandate at the Supreme Court

You keep copying and pasting this, are you a robot ?

olaolaking:
You keep copying and pasting this, are you a robot ?

Lool, Robot ko.. Artificial Intelligence ni..

Its called 'Fighting for my own pocket' no values whatsoever.
Before some of you simpletons will start to see this as your personal victory or private loss.
They don't care .
Repeat after me:They dont care .
In Michael Jackson voice:They dont really care !

Ps :I dont even know who lawan or Peter is,neither am I a er or antagonist of either or both of them.
I only know they are Nigerian politicians.
And I'm only advising the people here not to start cheering or jeering for people who don't CARE about them.
Use that energy for something else.

I'm just saying

lawan is the senate president and Gbajamila is the speaker, thousands anti -Tinubu and Igbos can't change this.

Just like I thought...they are already fighting in the comment section.
Sad.

politician

is he planning to become a saint? just know that will be the last time you smell NASS if you apc

I don't understand,

What happened to Mr Regina Daniels?

Did he lost out?

Thank God if he lost out, He would have turn the Senate to a joke.


His marriage his business, his happiness his business.

But behaving like a child is disgraceful of a man who claims to be a billionaire.....


But again why would Peter Nwobochi align with the opposition?

senatordave1:

On the day of election,he will be there.notable pdp senators ing lawan are publicly showing it.where are those sipporting ndume and goje? Lawan is the next sp.tuniski and esseite,come and read this

Olodo-general, Nwaoboshi has been kicked out by the courts, Ned Nwoko has the certificate of return. Peter Nwaoboshi will sing any time to avoid Effc. No dey give your skull false hope. Nwaoboshi can't help you.