The National Assembly crisis has been resolved but that has not stopped it and the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to be the new battlegrounds for high profile politicians jostling for the 2019 presidential contest.

According to the Vanguard, the politicians bid is predicated on the assumption that President Muhammadu Buhari, on account of age may not run for second term at the next general elections.

Sources at the weekend linked the politicians ambition to the National Assembly leadership crisis.

It was revealed that the National Assembly came into the calculations because in the absence of a sitting President who is interested in seeking re-election and a Vice President,  Yemi Osinbajo, who is a technocrat, leaders of the National Assembly are in vantage position to use their offices to mobilize support and gain political visibility.

It was learnt that this is why politicians, including governors were wary of allowing senators and Representatives with vast experience, huge resources, wide network and political visibility to emerge as Senate President, Speaker or occupy other principal offices.

This resulted in attacks launched by a North-West governor on the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and  Yakubu Dogara, Speaker of the House of Representatives, are believed to be tied to the 2019 presidential race.

The governor feels that Saraki and Dogara, who are both northerners, may use their offices to traverse the country and build political network that may encourage them to seek the office of the President in 2019.

The governor is said to be using his closeness to Buhari to unsettle the political system, including the sharp division he allegedly caused in the NGF and the Northern Governors Forum.

It was further learnt that the said governor, who doesn’t involve himself in meetings of NGF has also refused to recognize the group’s leadership of Governor of Zamfara State, Abdulaziz Yari Abubakar .

Also it was gathered that he has made it known that he has nothing to do with the Northern Governors Forum led by the Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima.

Instead, he has reportedly encouraged the emergence of a group made up of himself and his counterparts in Katsina and Nasarawa States, Aminu Bello Masari and Umaru Tanko Al-Makura respectively and have labelled themselves as Buhari’s favorite governors.

Sources said the governor has been openly boasting that he has Buhari’s word to help him with his presidential ambition in 2019.