The party sought to dispel insinuations about the alleged Islamisation agenda by ceding the Senate presidency to a Christian, since Tinubu; his vice, Senator Kashim Shettima, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Tajudeen Abbas are Muslims.
Also, the Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Olukayode Ariwoola is Muslim.
But Yari, who defied his party’s zoning arrangement, insisted that a northerner should head one of the three arms of the government.
However, Akpabio scored 63 votes to defeat the Zamfara senator, who got 46 votes in the June 13 election.
There were speculations that Yari’s arrest was connected with the election.
However, others linked his arrest to alleged corruption.
Efforts to speak to the spokesman of the DSS, Dr. Peter Afunanya, proved abortive.
Yari had earlier secured a Federal High Court directive forbidding the DSS, EFCC, and other law enforcement bodies from arresting the senator on corruption charges.
