Even though he is not a member of the governing APC, he believes that the party should have taken cues from his Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) regarding the imposition of leaders in the National Assembly.

The APC leadership allocated the positions of Senate President and Deputy Senate President to Senators Godswill Akpabio and Jibrin Barau, while the member-elect representing Kaduna, Tajudeen Abbas, was selected as Speaker and the member-elect from the South East, Benjamin Kalu, won the Deputy Speaker position.

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Senators Abdulaziz Yari (Zamfara West), Osita Izunaso (Imo West), and Orji Kalu (Abia North) have insisted that they will not step down for the party's consensus candidate.

Ningi, the Deputy Director General of Yari's campaign team, expressed regret that the APC has not followed the PDP's example regarding the imposition of leaders and their consequences.

He suggested that the independence of the legislature should prevail in the tenth National Assembly.

67 of Ningi's colleagues have backed the bids of Orji Uzor Kalu and Abdulaziz Yari to become Senate presiding officers, he said in a statement regarding the support his camp has received.

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He stated that key candidates for the senate presidency, including Sani Musa, Osita Izunaso, Orji Uzor Kalu, and Yari, were gathered and holding discussions.

He said: “Our latest count was 67, as of yesterday (Tuesday) night and more are still coming. Those who are talking about money politics should remember how they won their party primaries about six months ago from top to bottom, using money. When Senator Ndume made that statement, I actually was taken aback because he is experienced to know that there is no politics that money is not involved, but it is not the most critical. In this campaign, it is not about money, especially for our candidate. Sen Sani Musa, Senator Izunaso, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Yari are together and discussions are still ongoing. We know our strategy, but we are not going to disclose that.

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  “I don’t belong to the APC, but I thought the APC would have learned a lot from the mistakes of the PDP with regards to imposing leaders on the National Assembly. They should allow for the independence of the legislature.”