The nation may witness yet another showdown in the Senate as the senators cut short their vacation to discuss President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2019 polls budget request. Apart from the fact that constant fierce arguments between members of the All Progressives Congress and the opposition People’s Democratic Congress will be a regular occurrence, Sunday Punch investigations have revealed that a major step to send some senators back home would cause a major uproar in the red chamber. A source, who is very close to the leadership of the Senate, confided in one of our correspondents on Friday that arrangements were being perfected to ensure that the former senate minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, and others who defected recently from the PDP to the APC and other parties recently face a recall process. Read more
Saraki may declare Akpabio, other PDP defectors’ seats vacant (Punch)
