Paul
Moderator
There is an allegation that some senators identified with the Alhaji Kawu Baraje’s led faction of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have commenced consultations and lobby to unseat the Senate President, David Mark, in the ongoing crisis in the ruling political party.
According to Saturday Vanguard, a source privy to the plot revealed that if Mark and his principal officers elected on the platform of PDP did not recognize Baraje-led group, there would be alliance of the members of the PDP with the opposition members of the senate to effect the change.
Also to go with the senate president if the plot succeeds when Senate reconvenes after the vacation on September 17, 2013 was the Deputy Senate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu who was accused of working with the Tukur faction and had tried to ensure that senators from the South East remained with the faction.
Meantime, the PDP Senators may have emergency session on Tuesday to deliberate on the crisis in the party and take a position.
According to Saturday Vanguard investigation, the Senators who have identified with the new PDP who are said to be the arrowheads of the plot to remove all Tukur's loyalists in the National Assembly may not have problems with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, the Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha may be affected if he refuses to identify with the Alhaji Kawu Baraje-led faction.
It was revealed that about three Senators from the North Central zone have embarked on intensive lobby to take over Senate President's position in the event the Baraje-led faction of the PDP decides to move against him for not recognizing the new factional National Chairman of the party.
According to the investigation, the three Senators had occupied sensitive positions in their states, in PDP and in union activities and are highly reckoned with in the upper legislative chambers.
Already about 30 senators are said to have backed the Baraje-led faction while a good number of members of the House of Representatives have also expressed their support and loyalty to the new PDP factional helmsman.
A senator who is in the Baraje-led faction that spoke on condition of anonymity said that the senate would be meeting on Tuesday to take decision on the threat made by Alhaji Bamanga Tukur to declare vacant seats of senators opposed to him.