Ahead of the National Assembly inauguration on Tuesday, there are alleged plots to prevent Abdulaziz Yari, former governor of Zamfara State, from accessing the chamber.
Yari is a contender for the office of Senate President, along with Godswill Akpabio, former governor of Akwa Ibom State and the choice of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Yari reportedly has the backing of Orji Uzor Kalu, Osita Izunaso, and a majority of the senators-elect.
However, there are alleged plots to stop Yari from participating in the election on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday, including preventing him from being nominated for the office of Senate President.
Sources claim that the opposing camp is using various tactics to get senators-elect supporting Yari to pull out and back Akpabio instead.
Yari has two federal High Court orders preventing security and anti-corruption agencies from inviting or detaining him until after the National Assembly leadership elections.
There are also alleged plans to prevent some senators-elect supporting Yari from getting to the Senate chambers for the voting.
“So they want to stop him from contesting. They don’t want Yari to be a candidate for Senate President on the floor of the Senate on Tuesday.
“Presently, they are trying extremely hard to cajole, intimidate, blackmail, and threaten Yari to withdraw from the Senate Presidency race. They are using every arsenal at their disposal to blackmail Yari.
“They are also frantically reaching out to individual senators-elect who are supporting Yari to pull out. The carrot and stick approach is being used to get the senators to pull out from Yari’s camp and back Akpabio.”
“Yari has two federal High Court orders preventing and stopping security and anti-corruption agencies from inviting or detaining him until after the 10th National Assembly leadership elections tomorrow.
“One specifically stops the Nigerian Police, while the other one stops the anti-corruption agencies -EFCC, ICPC, and the DSS – from inviting, detaining, or arresting Sen Yari.
“Also, one of the options being explored to stop Sen. Yari is to prevent some senators-elect supporting Yari from getting to the Senate chambers for the voting. They believe it will reduce the number of senators that would vote for Sen Yari,” the source alleged.
Article updated 2 months ago. Content is written and modified by multiple authors.
