On Tuesday, June 9, Senator Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara, emerged
as Senate President and Speaker of the House of Representatives,
respectively.
They were not the candidates of the leadership of the All
Progressives Congress, who were at the International Conference Centre,
with other APC Senators, when the election occurred.
After being sworn-in, APC National Leader, Bola Tinubu and Chief Bisi
Akande, were captured in a video, making their exit out of the ICC.
While Tinubu had a stern look on his face, Akande had his trademark whimsical expression.
Senator Bukola Saraki and Hon Yakubu Dogara as the Senate President and
Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively,- took a major
swipe at Ahmed Bola Tinubu.
In his statement released through his Spokesperson, Lere Olayinka,
after the National Assembly elections, he said: “With what happened at
the National Assembly today, those who believed that they can turn
Nigeria to their personal estate must have realised the futility of
their efforts and the beneficiaries of this collective resolve by
Nigerians must make sure that they do not fail the country.”
Adding insult to injury, Fayose further said: “The emergence of Hon
Yakubu Dogara as the House of Representatives Speaker is a lesson of
life that what goes round will definitely come round.”
“Today, Nigerians demonstrated to the entire world that our country
has come of age democratically. Also, President Mohammadu Buhari, by not
interfering in the process through which the National Assembly
leadership emerged today, further demonstrated that as he said in his
inaugural speech, he is indeed for everybody, and he is for nobody.”
“What happened at the National Assembly today has rekindled my hope
in the Nigeria Nation and my abiding faith in the supremacy of the
people over those whose major interest is to assume the sole-ownership
of the country. It also shows that it is not in all cases that the soul
of this nation can be bought off the shelf with stupendous wealth.”
“I congratulate Senator Bukola Saraki, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Hon
Yakubu Dogara and Hon Yusuf Sulaimon Lasun for this well-deserved
victory and I urge them to see their election as a call to the service
of their fatherland.”