Ex-Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is now the leader of the South-East caucus in the Senate, it was learnt Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, disclosed this during Plenary on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Abaribe who came via a point of Order said Ekweremadu was unanimously elected in an election that was very peaceful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Details Shorty\u2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ex-Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, is now the leader of the South-East caucus in the Senate, it was learnt Wednesday. Minority Leader of the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, disclosed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[15437,157],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Ekweremadu-Ike-1.jpg?fit=500%2C366&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34539,"url":"https:\/\/www.citypeopleonline.com\/biafra-ekweremadu-abaribe-igbo-senators-meet-buhari-ipob-nnamdi-kanu\/","url_meta":{"origin":133611,"position":0},"title":"Biafra: Ekweremadu, Abaribe, Other Igbo Senators Meet Buhari Over IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu","author":"Arinze Ago","date":"September 27, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Senators from the South East on Tuesday met with President Muhammadu Buhari over the tension generated in the region as a result of the activities of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, according to a report by DailyPost. 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