Senate Minority Leadership: Wike-led G-5 Played No Role — Senator Mwadkwom

…Says, it was Tambuwal that gave him the chance

The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Simon Mwadkwom (PDP Plateau), has said emphatically that contrary to speculations making the rounds, the former Governor Nyesom Wike-led G-5 did not play any role whatsoever in his emergence as a principal officer of the Upper chamber of the National Assembly.

Mwadkwom however said that Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal that initially wanted to contest the position was the arrow head that said he (Mwadkwom) should be announced as the Minority Leader of the Senate.
In his words; “Tambuwal was the one that stood up and said if Senator Simon has this number of signatures, he wishes to state categorically that I should be allowed to hold the position (Senate Minority Leader)”.

Mwadkwom, who made the clarification when he appeared on Arise Television programme explained that it was Senators of the opposition parties that believed in him, and nominated him to be the Senate Minority Leader.

The new Minority Leader of the Senate further said that contrary to the claims that the Wike-led G-5 imposed him in order to pay Senator Tambuwal back for stepping down for Atiku Abubakar on the eve of the presidential primary election of the PDP, stressed that there was no external force at play whatsoever.

Mwadkwom pointedly said that it was Senator Aminu Tambuwal that sought that he should be announced as the Minority Leader since he satisfied the requirements of the law.

The Senate Minority Leader further said that there is no political feud between him and Tambuwal, adding that he has high regards for the immediate past governor of Sokoto State and former Speaker of the House of Representatives.