Narrowing down the search for next speaker of Nigeria, By Olu Jacobs

It seems fairly certain now that the Senate President for the 10th National Assembly will come from the South-East or South-South, a Christian, to assuage the feelings of those who feel marginalised and to make the All Progressives Congress the party it always claims to be, one that belongs to us all, irrespective of religion, region or ethnicity, one in which every Nigerian may aspire to greatness. 

With 57 senators so far, the party has a comfortable majority in the Senate and because of the famous “cognate experience” rule, which presumes that only ranking senators may vie for the office of the Senate President, the battle is going to be amongst the returning senators, of whom there are half a dozen or so who fit the bill; a Christian from the South-East or, perhaps, the South-South, a leader in a previous assembly and a former governor. Names like Senators Orji Uzor Kalu, David Umahi, Godwin Akpabio and Adams Oshiomhole, all…