The Senate President, Bukola Saraki during plenary on Thursday announced Ali Ndume, a senator from Borno State as the new Majority Leader of the Senate of the 8th Assembly.

This is in defiance of the directive by the leadership of the All Progressive Congress, APC that Ahmed Lawan who contested the senate president seat with the incumbent be given the role.

Also elected as Senate Deputy Leader was Bala Ibn Na’Allah, from Kebbi State while the Chief Whip is yet to be named. Francis Alimikhena, a senator from the South south was named as Deputy Whip.
The party and the leadership of both chambers have been embroiled in crisis over the selection of principal

officers after the senators flouted the party’s initial directive over the leadership positions.

The crisis has hindered legislative business in both arms of the National Assembly for weeks.

Meanwhile, the Lawan-led camp has objected to the list read out by Saraki.