Ekweremadu, Saraki emerge senate, deputy president of 8th assembly
Bukola Saraki being sworn in as senate president
Senator Bukola Saraki of Kwara state has emerged the president of the 8th assembly. He was elected unopposed.
Senator Ike Ekweremadu (PDP) from Enugu state defeated Senator
Ali Ndume from Borno state (APC) after scoring 54 votes to emerge the
deputy senate president, a position he held in the last assembly. Ndume
had 20 votes.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that 51 senators from the APC boycotted the session.
Saraki,
a medical doctor by training is former two term governor of Kwara
state. He is a second term senator. He has been sworn-in by the clerk of
the national assembly.
Details coming
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