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Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Johnnyessence(m): 7:33am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Strong indications have emerged that President Goodluck Jonathan and the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are unhappy with the deputy speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, over the latter’s private reception for Speaker Aminu Tambuwal a few hours after the speaker defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Wednesday. The reception which was said to have taken place at the deputy speaker’s guest house on Pope John Paul Street, off Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja, few hours after the mini-national convention of the APC, was attended by most members of APC in the House. Ihedioha has, however, dismissed the report as ‘not sensible’ while Tambuwal directed all enquiries on the matter to the deputy speaker’s men. The reception, which was initially meant to be a private one for Tambuwal, was later ‘invaded’ by other members of the lower chamber, including some PDP members, a reliable source told our correspondent. A presidential aide told our correspondent yesterday in Abuja that the deputy speaker, Hon. Emeka Ihedioha, had been asked to explain which master he had elected to serve “because we cannot understand why he chose to host Speaker Aminu Tambuwal to a warm reception a few hours after he defected from our party to APC. “Is the deputy speaker with us or he is planning to move to the APC with his boss? The PDP deserves an answer from him.’’ The presidential aide asserted that, at this ‘critical moment of political decision,’ President Jonathan wanted to be very clear on whose side the deputy speaker belonged. The presidential aide continued: “You know this man (referring to Ihedioha) cannot be trusted; he has consistently worked against the party in the past. He now appears to be working for the PDP because of his 2015 political interest. But even at that, we do not know where he truly belongs.” When contacted, the media adviser to Tambuwal, Malam Imam Imam, said all clarifications on the issue should be referred to Ihedioha’s aides. The chief press secretary to the deputy speaker, Oke Epia, however, described the report as inconsequential. “This is a non-issue; are those behind this saying the deputy speaker would want to do that to show that he is in APC? I can tell you that this is not a sensible thing at all,”Epia said. The development came as the presidency was said to have directed the Nigeria Police Force, State Security Service (SSS) and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to withdraw their security personnel attached to the speaker for defecting from the PDP to the APC. The acting inspector-general of police, Suleiman Abba, confirmed the redeployment of the police personnel attached to Tambuwal on Wednesday. The force public relations officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, in a statement yesterday in Abuja, hinged the withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security aides on Section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution (as amended). Security details attached to the speaker were said to have been withdrawn yesterday morning. After his defection on Wednesday, Tambuwal vowed to work with his new party to dislodge the ‘PDP cabal’ from power in the 2015 general election. “We came to work this morning and what we found was that all the security men did not report for duty. We are puzzled but that is the situation,” a National Assembly aide said. Tambuwal: Mr President, show better understanding of democracy – APC The APC has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to show better understanding of democracy by immediately restoring the police security details that the inspector- general of police (acting IGP) withdrew from the speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday by its national publicity secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the APC described the withdrawal of the speaker’s security details as an usurpation of the role of the judiciary by the police boss, especially bearing in mind that the question of the interpretation of Section 68(1)(g) of the constitution he anchored his illegal act on was before the courts for resolution. The party said that, for the avoidance of doubt, the position, including the manner a person becomes the speaker of the House of Representatives, is to be found in the constitution, and no constitutional provision or legislation says membership of the ruling or dominant party in the House is a pre-requisite. Furthermore, as the number four citizen of the nation, the security detail and apparatuses attached to the person of the speaker were not based on his lineage, person and or political leaning, but on account of the position and the protection required for that position and in Nigeria’s best interest. “This unfortunate use and deployment of Nigeria’s security forces in a partisan and political way portends danger and further weakens important institutions of governance and jeopardises national security. Under President Jonathan, we now have a Police Force that is monitoring and making conclusions with respect to party membership, qualification, of an otherwise elected official. This is unheard of in any decent democracy,” the party said. The APC, therefore, enjoined President Jonathan to respect and comply with the law. “We reject this meddling in the affairs of the legislature, especially given the resolution of President Jonathan and his close advisers yesterday at their meeting to ask the deputy speaker, Mr Emeka Ihedioha, to unlawfully reconvene the House before the adjourned date. “May we remind President Goodluck Jonathan that under the House Rules, only a resolution by all principal officers of the House and not even the speaker of the House, can reconvene the House before the adjourned date not to talk of the deputy speaker?” Tambuwal: We are not aware – PDP The PDP yesterday said it was not aware that the security detail of Speaker Tambuwal had been withdrawn. Reacting to the situation, spokesman of the party, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the party was not aware of the development. When told that a statement to that effect was released by the police, he replied: “We have not seen it and we won’t comment on it until we see it.” I Didn’t Breach Any Law -Tambuwal Speaker Tambuwal has reached to the withdrawal of his security guards on the directives of the acting inspector-general of police, Suleiman Abba, saying he did not breach any law. In a statement issued by his special adviser on Media and Public Affairs, Malam Imam Imam, the speaker noted that not only is the IGP’s action a contempt of court, but a deliberate attempt to cause him bodily harm. In the said statement, the force said that, by his defection from the PDP to the APC, the speaker was in breach of Section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution and was consequently no longer entitled to police security, a position the party faulted. “The implication of the inspector general’s statement is that as sanction for this alleged constitutional breach, he has removed Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal from office of the speaker House of Representatives,” he said. “As the number four citizen in the hierarchy of protocol in the country, the speaker is entitled to security protection by the security agencies; therefore, we see the action of the acting inspector general of police as not only contempt of the courts but a ploy to bring harm to the person of Hon Tambuwal,” SDP Condemns withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security The Social Democratic Party (SDP) yesterday described the withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security men as undemocratic and a show of impunity that will not augur well for the country. A statement by the SDP national secretary, Dr Sadiq Umar Abubakar, and its national publicity secretary, Dr Abdul Isiaq, also cautioned the inspector general of Police, Suleiman Abba, to desist from illegal acts but to be the professional policeman that he was known to be by restoring the security privileges of the speaker. They noted that the constitution gave Tambuwal, as the number four citizen, the privilege to be protected like the president, the vice president, the Senate president and others. The statement read in part: “We therefore condemn the act and ask for the restoration of his security and other privileges. This is beyond PDP, Jonathan and APC, and it is the highest disregard to constitution provisions and a show of impunity that will not augur well for democracy.” The party reminded the IGP that his loyalty was to the state and not to a party, and that toeing the line of partiality was a dangerous trend ahead of the 2014 polls. The police should be fair and just to all,” the party concluded. Withdrawal of Tambuwal’s security aides, double standard – Dabiri-Erewa The chairperson, House of Representatives Committee on Diaspora, Hon Abike Dabiri- Erewa, has condemned the withdrawal of the security aides of Speaker Tambuwal by the IGP, Suleiman Abba, describing the action as a show of double standard on the part of the police. In a message issued last night, the lawmaker noted that true democracy encourages freedom of expression and association. “The act of withdrawing Hon Tambuwal’s security details endangers our democracy and smacks of double standards! He is still the number four citizen. The act is petty, unnecessary and smacks of desperation,” she stated. HURIWA asks Presidency to restore Tambuwal’s security A civil society group, Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA), has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to order the immediate restoration of Tambuwal’s security detailss and to sanction administratively the top security officials that gave the order. In a statement jointly issued by the national coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel Onwubiko and the national media affairs director, Miss Zainab Yusuf, HURIWA said it was the height illegality and impunity for the top hierarchy of the police to strip the nation’s munber four man of his statutory security details “on the nebulous and unqualified grounds that he switched over his political allegiance from one registered political party to another.” Tambuwal: PPA berates Police The leadership of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) yesterday joined in the condemnation of the Nigeria Police Force for withdrawing security details attached to Speaker Tambuwal following his defection from the ruling PDP to the APC. PPA national chairman, Comrade Peter Ameh, who condemned the action in strong terms, warned that rather than drag President Goodluck Jonathan’s name in the mud, the police should rise to its constitutional mandate bytaking pro- active and decisive measures to nip in the bud the brewing crises in the country, so that further threats to the peace and stability in nation will be averted. He said the police, by their act, not only vindicated his party, but also displayed inconsistency, and wondered why the police failed to invoke the same section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution when governors and other political office holders defected from its party (PPA) to the PDP and other platforms. leadership.ng/news/388732/aftermath-tambuwals-defection-presidency-pdp-move-emeka-ihedioha |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Dbryan: 7:42am On Oct 31, 2014 |
So because waziri defected to Apc he shouldnt visit his deputy again meaning that one cant have frd in the oposition,smh 4 una |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by saintikechi(m): 8:09am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Tamuwal should vuluntarily resign his seat as speaker, since he is now with the minority in the house. He is free to retain his seat as a honurable member of the house. 6 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by omenka(m): 8:12am On Oct 31, 2014 |
The President is fast loosing it!!! 9 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by LordMecuzy(m): 8:20am On Oct 31, 2014 |
So Tambuwal n Ihedioha Should become Enemies because Tambuwal moved to another Party. Hope u guys know dat Ihedioha also benefitted from Opposition dat made him deputy speaker 2 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Nobody: 8:26am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Desperado Jonathan always getting it wrong. Ihedioha and Tambuwal are not enemies, are they? 3 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Nobody: 8:28am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Emeka Ihedioha should maintain his friendship with Tambuwal but I expect Emeka to as true friends would advise Tambuwal to uphold the constitution and tender his resignation. If Tambuwal does not respect the constitution then Emeka owe himself, and Nigerians a duty to uphold the constitution by doing whatever is necessary to restore integrity to the house and remove Tambuwal! 6 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Nobody: 8:36am On Oct 31, 2014 |
The problem of GEJ, his party and supporters is that they always denied the reality. Why is the President eager to know who was on his side, he has been living on denial of his emotions/himself and ppl around him play on his desperation and foolishness. Before end of December 2014.....we shall see which party laugh best, because I knew that PDP and GEJ will have their biggest shocker before the year's runs out and if APC do not manage her primaries very well, I am seeing another party (but not PDP or APC) wnning the presidency come 2015. 1 Like |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by farem: 8:50am On Oct 31, 2014 |
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Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by slimfit1(m): 9:11am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Can you imagine see how a whole president is embarrassing himself, and the NASS to can't warn him of playing with impeachment. People don't know their job. Too much old foolish people in high places in Nigeria that don't know what they are doing. Two sets of institutions demonstrating lack of professionalism as a matter of fact three sets of institutions that don't have a clue of what they are doing. The police makes the third institutions, can you imagine, these are the people we put our trust in to make decisions for us. 2 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by slimfit1(m): 9:13am On Oct 31, 2014 |
mikeansy: so what about mmimiko what happened to him didn't he defect too. |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by focus7: 9:19am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Jonathan turns desperate, losing control and fighting every passive opposition, sign of poor leadership. 2 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Nobody: 9:41am On Oct 31, 2014 |
This Ihedioha must be a buffoon. How naive can one be? Even a neophyte would be able to study the prevailing political atmosphere/mood in his party's High Command and demonstrate better judgment. You can't dine with your master's enemy in the night and yet pledge allegiance to your master in the morning. How can you host a "private" reception for a treacherous animal only a few hours after he betrayed your party? Is the reception supposed to be a celebration of his defection or an affirmation of your loyalty to him or what exactly? It's one thing to be his friend in a social, politically neutral context, but what exactly was the point of hosting him immediately after he announced his defection to the APC? ? ? And this same mumu is pursuing a gubernatorial ambition in Imo State on the platform of the PDP? He just ruined his chances, and he would be relegated to nothingness and banished to the political wilderness in 2015. 4 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by viczing(m): 9:44am On Oct 31, 2014 |
thegreatman4ww: You just spoilt your opinion by the statement above. You knw natin bout politics |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by major466(m): 9:55am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Tambuwal should resign honorably or face the music. You can't have your cake and eat it. 2 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Nobody: 9:55am On Oct 31, 2014 |
mikeansy: Yes, Emeka should summon the members and properly remove the Speaker....and not by some external underhand and use of force by the Executive. There should always be separation of power....in the absence of that...we are only inviting anarchy. 2 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by enugwunno: 10:11am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Waziri should resign as the speaker let peace reign in the house period. 1 Like |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Nobody: 10:29am On Oct 31, 2014 |
enugwunno: I think it's the Executive that should allow peace to reign by handing off from matters that are primarily for the legislatures.. The HoR members elected him, only them can remove him...not the Executive. 1 Like |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by waternogetenemy: 10:34am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Senseless story! Wat does a farewell to a former colleague have to do with party loyalty? Play politics via building bridges not paranoia 1 Like |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by abacus(m): 10:42am On Oct 31, 2014 |
What if David Mark defects too.. Just thinking aloud! |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Nobody: 10:48am On Oct 31, 2014 |
abacus: David Mark is too smart to play those silly games! 4 term senator and 2 term senate president is not by luck The man is very strategic! Tambuwal should do the responsible thing and resign for the sake of peace! 2 Likes |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Collynzo29: 10:53am On Oct 31, 2014 |
pro01:Ihedioha never had any chance of becoming Imo governor. Iheanacho or whoever APGA brings will win the election 1 Like |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by chemali: 10:54am On Oct 31, 2014 |
It was this same game that was played during the NGF crisis and with the way things are going we will soon see another arithmetical invention of the nature of 16 greater than 19. |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Nobody: 11:13am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Collynzo29: APGA's structures in Imo State are extremely weak, if not non-existent. What was supposed to be the original APGA (on whose platform Rochas won the election) coalesced into the APC when Rochas defected. Besides, Iheanacho is not strong enough to pull a one-man stunt. I think the PDP would reclaim the governorship. |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Collynzo29: 11:19am On Oct 31, 2014 |
pro01:APGA is the best organised party in Imo state at the moment, Iheanacho is not going to pull a one man stunt, he has the people solidly behind him just like they were behind Okorocha in 2011. |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by dotna(m): 11:35am On Oct 31, 2014 |
Can politics ever be clear n straight forward? |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by shaqhead: 12:01pm On Oct 31, 2014 |
saintikechi:U folks dt keep propagating this cliche...keep makin me ask ds qstn over and again. On what basis should he resign? On ur interpretatn of d constitution? Mr. there r conflicting judicial pronouncements on d issue of defectn and even if it turns out "favourable" for the ruling party, it turns out in d long run to be a catch 22 situation wc scares the ruling party. So lets ol wait for d judiciary to make clear dt section of d constitution. Peace |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by Mclick(m): 12:11pm On Oct 31, 2014 |
So police now interprets the law by acting with impunity, well I just love the recent scenarios. We need a viable political opposition and option if Nigeria must move forward |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by ak47mann(m): 12:18pm On Oct 31, 2014 |
[b][b]By Virtue of section Section 68 (1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution as amended. The section reads, “A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if - (g) being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected.” Ex speaker contravened section (68)(1)(g) by defecting when there is a subsisting court injunction to the effect that there is no division in the PDP security details is in order. Section 68 (1)(g) made it clear that a lawmaker who defects when there is no division in his party shall vacate his seat. “The legal advice is that the operational word there is ‘shall.’ That section of the constitution is self- “There is a subsisting court injunction that there is no division in the PDP and that there is no merger. “It therefore means that based on that constitutional provision, Tambuwal is no longer a member of the House. Since he is no longer a member, then he cannot be the speaker. “The withdrawal of Ex- speaker Tambuwal security details is in order. He will even be stopped from entering his office. He is no longer a member of the House.[/b][/b] |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by thaoriginator: 1:48pm On Oct 31, 2014 |
Jonathan Don Suffer meanwhile, suffer still dey ahead Me just dey laugh like OBJ... Very soon now dem go send their BH army to attack Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal... But he's a ginger bread man, they can't catch him O boy my belle wan bust off laughter o! |
Re: Aftermath Of Tambuwal’s Defection: Presidency, PDP Move Against Emeka Ihedioha by samhay: 2:07pm On Oct 31, 2014 |
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