The All Progressives Congress (APC) has said it would invoke disciplinary measures on any of its members found opposing or working against the party’s decision on the choice of persons that would fill its majority party positions in the National Assembly.
Reacting on Tuesday to a statement issued by one of the APC Senators from Borno state, Senator Ali Ndume, rejecting the party’s endorsement of Senator Ahmed Lawan for the Senate Presidency post, ruling party’s Spokesperson Issa Onilu said any such move would attract sanctions.
APC also reacted to another statement by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that it would not accept imposition of National Assembly Leadership, saying that the opposition has no choice in the matter.
The APC spokesman said the party would not expect any of its members to oppose the party’s position on the zoning of leadership positions in legislative chambers.
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He said: “If Ndume actually understands democracy, with due respect to the number of years he has spent in the National Assembly as a lawmaker, he should realise that we are practicing presidential system of goverment.
“That would amount to indiscipline and our party’s constitution is very clear on indiscipline. The party has taken a position and anybody we presented for election and who has won an election on the platform of the APC is duty bound, morally bound and status bound to comply with what the party has decided.
“When you go against that position of the party, it amounts to indiscipline and our rules are clear on the supremacy of the party,” he said.