Saraki now Senate President. He is a member of the new All Progressives Democratic Party

Few hours into todays’s National Assembly principal officers’ elections, the politicking could not have been more interesting.
Bukola Saraki, the arrowhead of the on-going intrigues in the All Progressives Congress, is struggling to gain the trust of the party’s hierarchy much as he is fighting to clinch the Senate presidency.The seat, for the late Kwara State’s power broker’s son, is more than just a political office. His father once occupied the opposition. Hence, the former governor may have seen this as a part of the Sarakis dynasty.For the APC leaders, Saraki’s interest has long exceeded a reasonable ambition; he is simply rebellious and arrogant. A victory for he could reinvent the reminiscence of Aminu Tambunwal who dumped the Peoples Democratic Party for the APC after so much a hassle over speakership. But a loss, they are also beginning to reason, could also push him more into the territory of the opposition PDP. But apparently the party’s leadership seems to be more comfortable taking the latter risk.
Interestingly, Saraki may have been exploring new ways to worm himself into the heart of his political leaders even those he is not giving up on his ambition.His media aide, Bamikole Omisore, on  on Monday, dismissed the speculation surrounding Saraki’s loyalty status. He said there was no iota of truth in the speculation as his principal was committed to “change”.
But has Saraki’s character portrayed the politician as somebody who has embraced change?