Nigeria's Legislature To Be Led By Presidential Opponents

Lagos, Nigeria AP 's candidate for Nigeria's main opposition party were elected on Tuesday to head both houses of Legislature in votes  highlighting cracks in the coalition that brought President Muhammadu Buhari to power just last month.

Despite his coalition holding more seats in both houses. Candidate's with backings from The opposition  People's Democratic Party of recently defeated President  Goodluck Jonathan managed to get elected.

Having opponents in powerful positions in the legislature will not make  newly elected President Muhammadu Buhari 's job any easier,especially since his own coalition is made up of politicians from different political persuasions, including defectors from PDP.

The biggest blow came with election of the former governor and two term sen..Bukola Saraki as head of Nigeria's senate - the third most powerful figure in the country.

Saraki ostensibly belongs to Buhari's coalition but  not his choice for senate president and instead engineered his own election with backing of the opposition when the president supporters were absent.
Party official says Buhari was meeting with his party's senators with the help of the clerk who said the 57 senators present (out of 108) constituted quorum.

While Saraki defected to Buhari's side last year, it was old colleague in PDP that voted him in.

Later same day another PDP candidate Yakubu Dogara was elected head of the house oif Representatives, narrowly defeating the candidate of Buhari's coalition  once again.

The two victories for PDP could be a sign, its rebuilding its power base  following its electoral and could pose a threat to Buhari just days after his May 29 inauguration.
Saraki 52 years was a two- tern governor of Kwara Sate and best known abroad for importing white Zimbabwean farmers to develop commercial agriculture in his state, a move that he that has transformed  Kwara from food importer to exporter.