Order of elections: Rowdy session as APC senators move against Saraki

•Say change of election timetable targeted at Buhari
•As 10 pro-Buhari senators walk out on Saraki
•Senate confirms 7 RECs for INEC

By Henry Umoru
ABUJA —THE relative  peace that the 8th Senate has been enjoying in the last one year was threatened yesterday, following a rowdy session that erupted at the chamber as senators were sharply divided over a new amendment to the Electoral Act regarding election sequence in the 2019 general elections.

SENATE PRESIDENT BUKOLA SARAKI (M) AND OTHER LEGISLATORS 

Indeed, 10 All Progressives Congress, APC, senators, who opposed the amendment, which they said was targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari, walked out of the chamber to address the press, while the plenary presided by Senate President, Bukola Saraki, was still on.

Led by the Chairman of Northern Senators Caucus and former governor of Nasarawa State, Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the 10 senators were peeved that their argument against the bill was truncated at the plenary by Senate President Saraki and vowed that the amendment would not stand.