Fresh Battles Trail Yari and Akpabio’s Camp

Things are still happening over at the 10th Senate despite the previously held belief that the jostle for the Senate President would bring all excitement to a definite close. Ambition is not a lump of coal so easily quenched. The way things stand, Senator Abdulaziz Yari might have found the opportunity to eclipse the power and authority of his former rival, the now-President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio. It is all about getting the principal seats in the 10th Senate.

Different variables have been thrown into the competition, ranging from religious affiliation to ethnic background. Currently, regional circumstance is the polarising factor, leaving proponents of a democratised electoral process lost for words at the apparent disregard for fairness.

Over at the Senate, the senators are throwing shades at one another as they consider those that would take up the topmost positions. From quarrelling over who will be Senate President and Deputy Senate President, the senators are now concerned about who will be Majority Leader, Minority Leader, Deputy Majority Leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Chief Whip, and Minority Whip. The deputising positions are also responsible for the current unease in the house.

It is reported that senators from the South and the North cannot agree with the best people for these positions. Insisting that senators from their regions should man the positions, even those from the South-west have become especially loud.

One cannot forget the noise that rang out after Akpabio was elected over Yari. Those canvassing from zoning changed their minds when it did not benefit them. Others that stood against the emergence of Akpabio have used the current tensions in the house to insist that Yari would have been a better choice.

The way things stand, it is clear that the camps of Yari and Akpabio are hard at work, some stirring up the unease, and all of them looking to benefit from the ensuing chaos.