Bukola Saraki, new senate president is currently trending on Twitter after he was announced the senate president yesterday in a news that shock APC leaders and political analyst. According to reports, Bukola Saraki have noticed that the APC leaders are not going to nominate him as the party senate president, and because of that had to jump different ships to attain the power he so much wanted.
After he had shunned a meeting with Vice-president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, calling him a mere commissioner, though he later denied the news, the senate president also shunned another meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari, after he had told him he will be at the meeting with the president and other APC senators.
The APC had chosen Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila as their preferred candidates for enate Presidency and Speaker slots respectively.
But in a move Nigerian are calling smart move, Bukola Saraki emerged as the Senate president with support from PDP supporters and some APC supporters who are loyal to Saraki. The APC and PDP senate also elect Yakubu Dogara as Speaker over the APC candidate, Gbajabiamila.
Mr Buhari had arranged a meeting with the APC senators after his arrival from the G7 summit in Germany, a meeting Bukola Saraki had assured the president, he will attend at the International Conference Centre, but instead he went ahead to attend a marathon meeting with members of the People Democratic Party(PDP) to garner adequate support for his election as Senate president.
APC members, APC senators, Bola Tinubu, President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice-president, Professor Yemi Osinbajo all woke up to hear the news of Bukola Saraki as senate president on Tuesday.
President Buhari felt deceived and did not bother to attend the meeting he had previously called.
Mr Bukola Saraki was quickly sworn in ignoring the president proclamation for the inauguration of the National Assembly, using a letter from President Buhari to be inaugurated. 57 senators loyal to Mr Saraki, most of the PDP members, unanimously elected him, after he had been nominated by Dino Melaye and Sanni Yerima.