The speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon.
Aminu Tambuwal has finally defected to opposition
party, the All Progressive Congress, APC.
Since the formation of the party, the Speaker has
always shown his sympathy for APC and has always
associated with its leaders while also at the same time
distancing himself from major PDP functions.
Before his defection, many political observers saw in
him a presidential candidate the opposition party may
be willing to gamble with.
It is yet to be confirmed if he will throw his cap into the
ring as a presidential aspirant.
PIC : FROM LEFT: FORMER MINISTER OF YOUTHS
DEVELOPMENT, ALHAJI INUWA ABDULKADIR;
SPEAKER AMINU TAMBUWAL AND GOV ALIYU
WAMAKKO AT THE APC STAKEHOLDERS MEETING IN
SOKOTO ON MONDAY (20/10/14)

SPECIAL Adviser to the Speaker of Representatives, Malam Imam Imam Monday denied media reports that his principal, Aminu Tambuwal has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

In a statement issued and signed by the media aide to the speaker, he insisted that Tambuwal was still making consultations on his political future and that he has not defected.



The statement read in part said”due to various media inquiries about the purported defection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, we wish to state the following:

1. That today, Monday, 20/10/2014, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, led other members of the party on a reconciliation meeting in Sokoto but the Speaker of the House of Representatives and a member of the NEC of the PDP, Rt. Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal CFR, was not invited to the meeting.

Aminu Waziri Tambuwal,

2. That Rt. Hon Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was later invited by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, to attend the meeting of their political family to discuss the political future of Sokoto State.

3. That the Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, duly obliged and attended the meeting.

4. That the meeting had in attendance prominent Sokoto citizens many of who have no known political affiliation. The most notable been the Sardauna of Sokoto and former Minister of Finance, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji.

5. That consultations on the Speaker’s political future continues and the outcome will be made public at the appropriate time

SOURCE
www.vanguardngr.com/2014/10/tambuwal-defected-apc-aide/