APC leads the numbers game in Senate minus Saraki
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he gave the names of the 52 senators still with the apc to include adamu aliero-kebbi yahaya abdullahi-kebbi bala ibn nallah-kebbi aliyu wamakko-sokoto ibrahim gobir-sokoto and ahmed yerima-zamfara1 the all progressives congressapc caucus of the senate has said that the party remains in control of the senate even without reckoning with senate president bukola saraki who is believed to be heading to peoples democratic party1 he said out of the 109 senate seats the apc has 52 the pdp has 50 the adc has three and apga has two1 recall that we lost two of our colleagues one from katsina one from bauchi. so we have two vacancies. if you put this together we have 1091 i want to assure you that by the grace of god inec will conduct by-elections to fill in the vacancies in bauchi and katsina and by the grace of god they are our safest seats1 we are still expecting some of our colleagues in the pdp who are originally our members to defect1 they have expressed willingness to join apc and for our collleagues that have left we are still optimistic that many of them or all of them will have a change of heart1 apc remains the majority party in the senate and in the house of representatives he said1 the lawmaker said the apc lawmakers would continue to support president president muhammadu buhari to deliver on his promises to nigerians1 the leader of the senate ahmad lawan who spoke on behalf of the caucus while briefing newsmen in abuja after about three hours closed session said there was no cause for concern1 others are kabiru marafa-zamfara tijjani kaura-zamfara abu ibrahim- katsina umar kurfi-katsina kabiru gaya-kano barau jibrin-kano abdullahi gumel-jigawa sabo mohammed-jigawa shehu sani-kaduna1 they also include ahmed lawan-yobebukar abba ibrahim-yobe ali ndume-borno abubakar kyari-borno baba kaka garbai-borno sabi abdullahi-niger david umaru-niger mustapha mohammed-niger abdullahi adamu-nasarawa1 others are george akume-benue joshua dariye plateau francis alimikhena-edo andy uchendu-rivers magnus abe-rivers ovie omo agege- delta john eno-cross river nelson effiong-akwa ibom andy uba-anambra sonni ugboji-ebonyi hope uzodinma-imo ben uwajumogu-imo danjuma goje-gombe1 they further include binta masi-adamawa ahmed abubakar-adamawa yusuf yusuf-taraba oluremi tinubu-lagos gbenga ashafa-lagos solomon adeola-lagos tayo alasoadura-ondo1 they equally include gbolahan dada-ogun soji akanbi-oyo ajayi boroffice-ondo yele omogunwa-ondo south abdullahi buhari-oyo babajide omoworare-osun olusola adeyeye-osun fatima raji rasaki-ekiti1 this administration of apc is focused the federal government of president muhammadu buhari is doing so much for this country1 we need to work to support the president to ensure that nigeria reduces its deficit in infrastructure so that the social investment we are making will come to fruition1 every well meaning nigerian is supposed to support the president to fight all those few challenges that we have across the country he said1 fourteen lawmakers had earlier at plenary on tuesday announced their defection to the pdp and other parties1