The zoning of ministerial seats to lawmakers in the National Assembly (NASS) which caused crisis in NASS and the All Progressive Congress (APC) seems to be extending to the People Democratic Party (PDP).
There are indications that a crisis is also brewing in PDP over the choice of who should occupy some positions in NASS among its senators.
According to Punch, one of the senators, who spoke on condition of anonymity in Abuja on Thursday, said powerful forces in the party were planning to install their cronies as principal officers of the party in the National Assembly.
PDP, through its National Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh, had earlier on Wednesday, announced the zoning of the offices to different zones.
Th senator said the zoning had hurled some influential leaders of the party, including former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife, Patience, against the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, as well as the Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike.
Jonathan is said to be rooting for George Sekibo as Minority Leader while both Ekweremadu and Wike are against this choice.
The immediate past governor of Akwa Ibom state, who is now senator, Godswill Akpabio, is also said to have shown interest in the same position. But his ambition is against the senate rules on ranking.
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