Two front-line candidates for the office of Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, from Yobe State and Danjuma Goje from Gombe State, are currently meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The two senators arrived the Presidential Villa together around 11:05a.m. and went straight to the president’s office.
They came in a few minutes after Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State arrived the Villa and headed to the office of the president.
The lawmakers in the upper chamber are billed to elect a successor to Senate President Bukola Saraki on June 11.
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The governing All Progressives Congress (APC) had earlier told its elected senators that it is expecting them to elect Lawan as the Senate President.
Reports, however, suggest that Goje may emerge because he enjoys the support of some APC senators and members of the opposition.
Lawan is the Senate leader while Goje is the chairman, committee on appropriations.
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