There are strong indications that the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu
Tambuwal, will soon defect to the All Progressives
Congress.
Our correspondent learnt in Abuja on Monday that
the Speaker was set to dump the Peoples
Democratic Party for the APC after a nationwide
consultation.
Tambuwal’s spokesperson, Imam Imam, said the
nationwide consultation would determine whether
the Speaker would contest the Presidency or the
Sokoto State governorship election in 2015.
Imam, who spoke with our correspondent on the
telephone, said that the Speaker was still
consulting on the 2015 presidency and the
defection to the APC.
Imam said, “He (Tambuwal) is still consulting. The
outcome of the consultation will be known at the
appropriate time. He is consulting on whether he
will defect to the APC. He is consulting on whether
he will contest the presidency. He is also
consulting on contesting governorship election.”
The Speaker had on Tuesday, last week, held a
closed-door meeting with former President
Olusegun Obasanjo in Abeokuta, Ogun State.
After the meeting, Imam said Obasanjo and
Tambuwal discussed the state of the nation.
He had said, “You know Baba (Obasanjo) is father
to all in the country. The visit was a consultation. It
was about how to move the country forward and
make the country better.”
On Monday, www.thecable.ng reported that
Tambuwal gave the biggest hint about his planned
defection on Sunday in his hometown, Tambuwal,
Sokoto State.
After collecting his Permanent Voter Card,
Tambuwal was asked if he would defect to the
APC, he responded in Hausa, “Kowa ni tsuntsu
kukan gidan su yake yi,” meaning “birds of a
feather flock together.”
Imam, in the interview with our correspondent on
Monday, explained Tambuwal’s statements in
Sokoto State on Sunday.
He said, “The Speaker granted an interview in
Tambuwal yesterday (Sunday) after collecting his
permanent voter card. When journalists asked him
questions about defection and whether he would
contest the Presidency, he only said that he had to
consult his people and the consultation is still
going on.
“The outcome of the consultation with the people
will be made known at the appropriate time. Every
politics is local. It is the needs and aspirations of
your locality that will determine the direction of
your own politics.”
The Speaker has enjoyed a strong support of the
APC members in the House. The support of the
APC members was instrumental to his victory over
Mrs. Mulikat Akande-Adeola, the candidate that the
PDP backed for the position of a speaker.
The APC leaders that have been mentioned as
having interest in the party’s presidential ticket
include a former Head of State, Maj.-Gen.
Muhammadu Buhari (retd.); the Kano State
Governor, Alhaji Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso and a
former Kwara State Governor, Senator Bukola
Saraki

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Stale news.

So long.

Dem just dey port anyhw nw

Only time will tell. The hand writing has been on the wall so we ain't surprise at all. Safe journey tambuwal

I will love it if he contests for the Gubernatorial Seat of Sokoto State!

He is highly welcomed to the winning team!!




#sweep-GEJ-out-2015

Hw I wish APC can just gve Tambuwal deir presidential ticket.....he would surely defeat d clueless Jona

Tunjasko: Hw I wish APC can just gve Tambuwal deir presidential ticket.....he would surely defeat d clueless Jona

how sure are you? With the Politics APC is playing, i'm sorry, the task may be a shadow chasing!

This man is Presidential candidate material.

Buhari, Atiku and Tinubu should take several back seats and forget that position.

Tunjasko: Hw I wish APC can just gve Tambuwal deir presidential ticket.....he would surely defeat d clueless Jona

Who is warming up to take over the speakership?

Tolexander: how sure are you? With the Politics APC is playing, i'm sorry, the task may be a shadow chasing!

I just wish...I don't tink it would happen....Buhari only has mass support in d north Nd not in d remaining part of d country....Kwankwaso z still new in d game Nd z not popular....to defeat Jona,APC would have to gve smone of integrity Nd mass popularity deir ticket Nd I believe Tambuwal can do d job

tit:
Who is warming up to take over the speakership?

if he defects,he would hve to relinquish his position to a PDP member cos dey hold d majority

Tambuwal for president? I laugh in burkina fasso.

Clueless people tagging someone else clueless. SMH

Tambuwal from Tambuwal in Sokoto State. If he defects, PDP will also hold a General Thanksgivin in churches and mosques

he will definitely make a better candidate than buhari n atiku

bt lack of funds will cost him d presidency

Tambuwal will definitely not defect alone. I smell a bug rat. Jonathan start warming up to experience what u did to APC.

hushmail: he will definitely make a better candidate than buhari n atiku

bt lack of funds will cost him d presidency

what of the money he is holding for farok Lawan?

He had always been with them na. Too obvious he would eventually defect.

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