Senator Ekweremadu has been elected Deputy Senate President.

The All Progressives Congress (APC) Senator was elected unopposed with 57
lawmakers present voting for Saraki, while 51 were absent.

Senator Ike Ekweremadu has also been elected as the Deputy Senate President
defeating Senator Ali Ndume.

Channels reports that some of the 51 senators who were absent during
Saraki’s emergence have begun to trickle into the Senate chamber.

There has been a seeming crack in the All Progressives Congress (APC) after
some lawmakers walked out during the party’s mock election to elect its
candidates for the leadership of the two chambers of the National Assembly at
the weekend.

The June 6 straw poll produced Mr Femi Gbajabiamila as the APC candidate
for the House of Reps Speaker, while Ahmed Lawan emerged as candidate for
Senate President.

The lawmakers supporting Senator Bukola Saraki for Senate Presidency and
those supporting Mr Yakubu Dogara for the position of House of Reps Speaker,
boycotted the elections.

The inauguration of the 8th National Assembly held in Abuja, the Federal
Capital Territory.