The Senate Majority Leader, Sen. Ahmed Lawan has disclosed that
the governing All Progressives Congress (APC) retains majority seats in the
Senate, despite the defection of some Party members during Tuesday’s plenary.
Senator Lawan made the disclosure to journalists after a
close-door meeting with the APC National Working Committee (NWC) led by the
National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole at the Party’s National Secretariat
on Tuesday evening.
The party in a statement gave a breakdown to prove they are
still in the majority. See below
Breakdown
All Progressives Congress (APC) – 53
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) – 49
African Democratic Congress (ADC) – 3
All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) – 2
Vacant – 2
Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan said “Even though we have lost
some of our colleagues to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and other parties,
the All Progressives Congress (APC) still retains the position of No. 1 Party
with more seats than any other Party. Presently we (APC) have 53 Senators, PDP
has 49, African Democratic Congress (ADC) has 3, All Progressives Grand
Alliance (APGA) has 2 and we have 2 vacancies. We lost our colleagues in Kaduna
and Bauchi States; those were APC seats, very safe seats indeed. In August
bye-elections will be held and by the Grace of God, the APC will reclaim the
seats and the majority of the APC will increase. We are going to work very hard with our Party
leaders here to reach out to our colleagues who have left us to try to explain
to them and ofcourse give them the comfort the APC is the Party to work with
because we have a President who has been focused, who have done so much with so
little resources in Nigeria, who is busy providing infrastructure in this
country. I believe that every well-meaning Nigerian will do everything possible
to support this kind of President. At the end of the day, we are hoping that
our colleagues who have gone will come back to this Party to continue in the
nation-building process.”
