Governors on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) have reportedly committed to ousting Senator Ike Ekweremadu as the Deputy President of the Senate.
This was the outcome of the two-hour meeting the governors had with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Tuesday, according to Sahara Reporters.
A source disclosed that the governors maintained their unwavering resolve to remove Ekweremadu.
The source stated, “The governors sympathised with the President (Buhari) for working with a National Assembly that is largely seen as unfriendly.
“Particularly, they observed that in the absence of the President of the Senate, the next person is his deputy. They therefore agreed that it was an anomalous situation for a PDP person to continue as the Deputy President of the Senate.
“They sought and got the President’s permission to intervene in the matter in their own way.
“They argued that the truth of the matter is that rarely is there any Senator that emerged without the backing of their governors, hence the governors have some levels of influence on the federal lawmakers.”
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