The All Progressive Congress Party (APC) having overwhelmingly won the majority of seats in the national assembly is expected to put its house in order so as to elect the presiding officers of the both Chambers of the national assembly from it's fold. The party's national chairman in furtherance of this, directed the Law makers elected on the platform of his party to vote for Ahmed Lawan, a highly experienced parliamentarian as the president of the senate while the party also adopted a fine parliamentarian, whose intellectual sagacity is never in doubt, Rt Hon. Femi Gbajiamila as the speaker of the federal House of reps.

The zoning of the national assembly leadership positions have however being rejected by many members with ranking lawmakers elected under the platform of the party declaring interests to contest the top positions of the national assembly against the directives of ths party. Political onlookers have also waded in with speculations of a possible PDP take over of the NASS leadership or at least, a defiant APC law maker just like Saraki and Dogara did in 2015 who will go on to pacify the opposition party members with appointments into juicy committees as chairmen.

The Nigerian News however gathered from a reliable source who is very much abreast with the political development in the country that the power tussle currently bedevelling the ruling party about who gets elected to preside over the both Chambers of the national assembly is beyond the issue of party interests but deals directly with who gathers resources and contacts ahead of 2023 presidential election. The Nigerian News can authoritatively report that top Northern political insiders are working assiduously to ensure that the choices of the party does not materialise come June when the 9th senate is scheduled to be inaugurated so as to Clip Tinubu's wings ahead of 2023 elections as he is believed to have interests which might become unstoppable if the choices of the party which he now remote-control through Oshiomole is allowed to stand. Reuben Abbati, former media aid to ex president Goodluck Jonathan, recently revealed that sources within the presidency are working seriously for Sen Ali Ndume to emerge president of the senate in June against the wishes of the party. This is all in line with the recent data the Nigerian news recently gathered.

A high ranking senator who spoke on the condition of anonymity to The Nigeria News told our correspondent that the North is not prepared to arm Tinubu ahead of 2023 by supporting the choices of the party which Tinubu through Oshiomole now controls. When asked if party's interest is no longer supreme, the veteran lawmaker replied "this is no longer party's interest but a jostle for who gets the party's ticket in 2023. Tinubu shifted it from party interest to individual and regional interest and the North cannot just fold its arms and watch". The juggernaut who also ventilated his grievances at the way the party is going about the national assembly leadership issue, warned that if urgent actions are not taken to get things right and allow democracy to thrive within the party, it might be destroyed before the 2023 elections. When asked if it was not too early to preempt people and fight over another elections when elected politicians are yet to be inaugurated and settled into their offices, the APC chieftain laughed and said "we are teaching the younger generation politics, you don't wait until it is at your door step, you make preparations towards it. 2023 election campaigns started the day after the 2019 elections ended, it requires a long preparation and the North is not ready to be short changed".
He revealed to our correspondent that they have been charged to ensure the party's candidate do not emerge so as not to grant Tinubu an undue leverage ahead of 2023 APC presidential primaries.

Recall that Tinubu's presidential interest has become so widely spoken of even by his footsoldiers and the North has equally reacted negatively urging Tinubu to stand down his ambition as they are not willing to return power to the South in 2023.

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Watching and waiting

"this is no longer party's interest but a jostle for who gets the party's ticket in 2023. Tinubu shifted it from party interest to individual and regional interest and the North cannot just fold its arms and watch".

Reality unfolding... we shall see between Tinubu and the whole North who is the real jagaban of APC.... ..........

Kikikiki. Before the end of 2020, the north would form a new party like they did CPC, ANPP and now APC and all of them would swing in that direction. The new party would produce a presidential candidate of northern extraction. They'd say apc was the one that zoned presidency and NOT their party. They'd rush down south and hubnob with us, choose a national party chairman and woo him with money. They allow us do all the campaigns and suddenly tell us we are one Nigeria. They'd meangle with our Muslim brothers and sisters just to have their way and they'd gullibly follow them. The only panacea is breakup. These guys think they're wise. Until they're taught their fuckup, they'd never know where they belong. I was in yenagoa and rivers last month and saw the NLNG gas gathering plant. I marvelled. We are so much blessed in Nigeria. I saw gas flaring section where fire rages 24/7 . I asked myself at some point, how did the oyinbos discover this hidden treasure in the first place and in such a secluded place? There are so much more resources yet to be discovered. Our problem is leadership and the north has always been prime beneficiaries of the pil and gas proceeds.

Enough of this Tinubu story.

You guys are just making him popular

I'm beginning to think he's sponsoring all these news self

The last time Tinubu held a political post was 2007 and up till today, he remains more political relevance even more than some ex Presidents. He has been tormenting both the on line wailing wailers since time immemorial