The much-anticipated meeting on Tuesday between President Muhammadu Buhari and the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Assembly members failed to hold.

The meeting, convened to resolve the controversy surrounding the election of the leadership of the National Assembly, was scheduled for 9 am at the International Conference Centre (ICC).

Buhari was expected to preside over the meeting, but he did not show up.

There was a mild drama at the venue of the meeting as some lawmakers who were present dashed out of the venue in confusion when the news filtered in that Senator Bukola Saraki had emerged as the Senate president.

While these lawmakers were at ICC waiting for the arrival of Buhari for the meeting to commence, their other colleagues were on the floor of the Senate where Saraki was elected the Senate president unopposed, while Ike Ekweremadu beat Senator Ali Ndume to return as the Senate deputy president.

However, no official reason was given for the president's absence at Tuesday's meeting.