Developing signals have started emerging on the struggle for the leadership of the 9th National Assembly billed for inauguration in June.
Sunday Punch learnt that more lawmakers were expressing their interests by the day to preside over the chambers and be among the principal offices of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
An aide to one of the aspirants in the Senate, who is privy to the discussion in the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus, said the ruling party had zoned the Senate presidency to the North-East and the Speaker of the House as well as the Deputy Senate presidency to the South-West.
The source disclosed that three ranking senators wanted to become Deputy Senate President.
According to the source, the leading aspirants in the South-West gunning for the Deputy Senate President seat are Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who is the wife of the APC National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, (Lagos Central); a former Senate Majority Leader, Senator Teslim Folarin (Oyo Central) and Senator Ajayi Boroffice (Ondo North). Read more