Senate presidency: Saraki, Mark end feud
The seeming feud between former President of the Senate, Senator David Mark, and the representative of Kwara Central Senatorial District in the National Assembly, Senator Bukola Saraki, has been resolved.
A source in the National Assembly told The Eagle Online that the two men buried their hatchet in order to find a common ground in the race for the presidency of the Senate.
While Saraki, elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, is interested in the seat, Mark, who is regarded as the leader of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Senate, is seeking relevance for his party.
The feud between the two men came into the open with the criticism of the 7th Senate, headed by Mark by Saraki.
Saraki described the 7th Senate as a failure.
But in the bid to remain relevant in the scheme of things in the Senate, the two highly rated politicians were reported to have buried their differences.
It was learnt that Mark has agreed to secure the block vote of the PDP for Saraki, while the former Kwara State governor has agreed to the emergence of a deputy from the fold of the PDP.
Being touted as Saraki's deputy, if the alliance sails through, is Senator Ike Ekweremadu, who was also Mark's deputy in the 7th Senate.
Saraki and the leadership of the APC fell out after the party announced Senator Ahmad Lawan as the sole candidate for the Senate presidency.
Saraki said the choice of who emerges as the Senate president will be decided by the whole house on Tuesday after the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari.
Cloud Tag: What's trending
Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.
Mansurat Amuda-Kannike Aisha Ahman Pategi Photo News TESCOM Simeon Ajibola Abubakar Suleiman Emir Of Lafiagi Abdullah Janet Amudat Bayo Ajia Funmilayo Isiaka Oniwa Adijat Adebiyi Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen Sayomi Idiagbon Gbemi Saraki Bankole Omisore Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak Funke Adedoyin Mohammed Ghali Alaaya Saad Omo Iya Muhammad Ghali Alaaya Maryam Nurudeen Unilorin Nigeria Computer Society Yeketi Baba-Isale SSA Youth Ibrahim Abdullahi Muritala Olarewaju KWASSIP Abikan Waheed Ibrahim Yinka Aluko Ahmed Shuaib Buranga Ayinke Saka Olatunji Moronfoye Idris Garuba Yahaya Seriki CCB Saadu Alanamu Assayomo Monsurat Omotosho Adamu Ibrahim Sabi Roheemat Hammed GGDSS Pakata Suleiman Alege Kuranga Tanke Flyover Bridge Raji AbdulRasaq Akeem Lawal Yusuf Arowosaye Olaiya Zuberu ARMTI Isaac Gbenle Tescom.kwarastate.gov.ng Sa\'adu Gambari Mohammed Khadijat Kubura AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem Undergraduate Bursary Abdulrazak Shehu Akorede John Mayokun Dada Baruba Imam Gambari Ilorin Innovation Hub Timothy Olatunde Fadipe Ilorin Talaka Parapo Federal College Of Education (Special), Afon Salihu Yahaya Abatemi Usman Niguel Gallando Marcias Dorcas Afeniforo Kwara State Printing And Publishing Corporation Garba Ayodele Wahab United Nigeria Congress Party Mohammed Kamaludeen Surajudeen Akanbi AbdulRahman Saad

