The President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan has ruled himself out of the race for the position he is currently holding in the yet-to-be-inaugurated 10th National Assembly.
In a statement he personally signed on Tuesday, Lawan urged Nigerians to discountenance from reports that he will run against the arrangement of the party.
Lawan said he never told anyone or held a meeting with people to intimate them of such an ambition.
The statement read, “I have read some media reports that I have joined the race for the Presidency of the 10th Senate. Ordinarily, I would not have responded to these reports but when lies are not refuted, they have the tendency to create an illusion of truth.
“The truth is that I have never told anyone or held a meeting with anyone that I am running for the Presidency of the 10th Senate. So the public should discountenance the reports.
“The fact remains that I am part of the leadership of our great party, the APC, seeking to find solutions to the numerous issues arising from the contests for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly and I will continue to remain focused on that.”
The NWC of APC had in its zoning arrangements for the leadership of the 10th National Assembly, picked Senator Godswill Akpabio from South-South, as the preferred candidate for Presidency of the Senate and Senator Jibrin Barau from North West for Deputy President of the Senate.
The NWC picked Hon Tajudeen Abbas from North West for the Speakership position of the House of Representatives and Hon Benjamin Kalu from South East for the Deputy Speakership position.
