Sixty out of the 62 Senators-elect of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) have endorsed the candidature of erstwhile Senate Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, for the Ninth Senate President.
The endorsement was made known by the Secretary to the Ahmad Lawan for Senate President Campaign Group, Senator Barau Jibrin, at a news conference in Abuja.
Jibrin who in the company of 30 Senators-elect read out the names of the APC Senators-elect who endorsed Lawan added that the only Young Peoples Party (YPP) Senator-elect Ifeanyi Ubah also endorsed Lawan.
Speaking at the event, Sen. Lawan assured his supporters that, of the 44 Senators-elect of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, no fewer than 35 or 38 have also declared their support for him.