How PDP Senators Plan to Hijack Senate Presidency from APC Post-Saraki [THE NATION]

PDP Senators are plotting to hijack the senate Presidency from the APC if Bukola Saraki is convicted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, The Nation says. 

According to reports, PDP is banking on the possibility of fresh disaffection breaking out among APC senators in the event that Saraki is consumed by his ongoing trial at the CCT. It's said that the opposition party has started reaching out to prominent pro-Saraki senators as part of efforts to actualise the plot.

“Our plan is to either get them to defect to the PDP or work with the party just as we did with them, to produce the Senate President if Saraki is convicted by the CCT. We are sure some APC senators will vote for our candidate along with the PDP senators because, as you can see, many of our colleagues are unhappy with the way the Senate President is being treated and are resolved to stop those behind his travail from taking over the senate,” a PDP senator said.

A meeting between PDP leaders in the senate and prominent supporters of Saraki is scheduled this weekend in Abuja to discuss the issue and arrive at a position ahead of any eventuality. According to a reliable source, to be discussed in addition to a possible successor, are plans of ensuring that the Senate President is not stampeded out of office soon by APC senators and other anti-Saraki forces.