BREAKING: Lawan Allegedly Concedes Deputy Senate President To PDP – APC Group

A registered group of ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) under the auspices of APC Youth Solidarity Network, has been appealed to the leadership of the party, President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Leader, Bola Ahmed Tinubu to withdraw the endorsement of senator (Ahmed Lawan ) as the party preferred candidate and throw the position of Senate Presidency open to all members.

The group also accused Sen. Ahmed Lawan of conceding the office of the Deputy Senate President to the opposition People Democratic Party (PDP) overnight in some of the meeting he has allegedly held with the governors of the PDP.

Addressing Press conference in Abuja on Wednesday, tagged “Ahmed Lawan has betrayed the confidence of the APC”, the spokesman of the group said the party must stop any kind of agreement Sen. Lawan might have had with the PDP governors now so as to avoid the repeat or the outgoing 8th Assembly.

Today, one of the contenders for the office of the Senate President, an APC member, Senator Ahmed Lawan has frequent visitation to the PDP governors mostly in the night to seal deals with the opposition party in order to gain their favor. The meeting is to persuade PDP senators to support his candidacy.

“We make bold to say that while most APC young leaders faulted our National Chairman’s statement of endorsing Ahmed Lawan as a preferred candidate for the Senate President. We stood with the Chairman and trying to convince other members of our great party but Sen. Lawan has clearly betray the party and Mr. President for his alliance with the PDP in a desperate move to lead Nation as President of the Senate. ”

While calling on President Buhari, Tinubu and Adams Oshiomohle to quickly withdrawn their support for Sen. Lawan, the group said: “What we are asking the leadership of our party to do is throw the office of the Senate President open. We condemn in totality the endorsement of Ahmed Lawal as a sole candidate.

“We must stop any agreement Senator Lawan has made with the PDP and install a complete APC Senate President loyal in the morning and the night, and not APC in the day and PDP at night.”