Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal

Speaker, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal
| credits: File copy

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, on Tuesday dared the Peoples Democratic Party by paying a working visit to the National Assembly complex in Abuja.

The PDP had after Tambuwal announced his defection to the All Progressives Congress last week, asked him to resign as speaker or be impeached.

It also initiated moves to compel its caucus in the House to reconvene on Tuesday (yesterday), instead of Deember 3 which the Speaker had adjourned sitting of the House.

On Monday, Tambuwal and the APC got a relief from a Federal High Court in Abuja which directed that the status quo in the House be maintained till Friday.

Ostensibly buoyed by the court order, the Speaker arrived at the assembly on Tuesday to declare open public hearings by two committees of the House.

The Speaker personally drove his official Range Rover SUV into the premises without security personnel.

He was however was shielded to the venues of the sittings by APC lawmakers led by the Chairman, House Committee on Education, Aminu Suleiman.

One of the meetings he declared open was a hearing by the Committee on Public Accounts on a “Bill for an Act to Repeal the Audit Act of 1956 and to Re-Enact the Audit Act of 2010…”

Tambuwal declined to speak with journalists as he was quickly shielded back to his car by the APC members after the ceremonies.

The much speculated reconvening of the House by PDP members on Tuesday did not take place.

The doors to the chambers which were shut last week when Tambuwal adjourned sitting till December 3, remained so on Tuesday.

The Majority Leader of the House, Mulikat Akande-Adeola, has accused the Speaker, his Deputy, Mr. Emeka Ihedioha, and the Deputy House Leader, Mr. Leo Ogor, of playing a game on her over Tambuwal’s defection.

Tambuwal had cashed in on a motion for adjournment moved by Akande-Adeola and adjourned the House.

The majority leader came under heavy criticism from the PDP, which blamed her for allowing the speaker to defect under her nose and getting away with a lengthy adjournment of the House.

But Akande-Adeola told journalists at the National Assembly complex on Tuesday that she had no concrete evidence that Tambuwal was defecting until the announcement came abruptly on October 28.

She added that it was until he defected that it dawned on her that there was a game going on, which Tambuwal, Ihedioha and Ogor knew about but kept her in the dark.

Akande-Adeola said, “At that point in the chamber, I didn’t feel anyhow but after he made his statement then I knew that there was something that must have been planned that I was not aware of.

“Because if you know me very well, I deal with everyone on equal basis and I have a very open mind. I don’t think it would have been out of place for the speaker to even tell me he was moving . I don’t think that would have been out of place.

“The only thing would have been may be to ask him a few questions and all that. We are colleagues in the House. We represent different constituencies.

“What is good for him may not be good for me. He has his reasons for doing whatever he has done. But I would have expected that I was told no matter what. So, that is just it.”

She recalled that before the motion for adjournment was moved, she asked Ihedioha and Ogor if the speculated defection plan of Tambuwal was true but both officials brushed off her question.

Akande-Adeola revealed that a meeting of the leadership had taken place on October 27 where the issue of the appropriate date for the adjournment was discussed.

She claimed to have opposed the lengthy defection to December 3 because it did not tally with that of the Senate, which is November 4.

The leader added that she even reported to the meeting that December 3 was not realistic because the Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, had already briefed her that the Senate would reconvene on November 4.

However, she said her position was overruled by the majority of the nine members of the leadership in attendance, including Tambuwal.

She admitted that the meeting eventually agreed on December 3 after everyone agreed that the period would be used for oversight duties and party primaries.

She clarified that Tambuwal’s defection was not an item on the agenda of the meeting, neither was mention of it made throughout the session.

The House Leader added, “After all the reasoning and everything, we agreed that first, members should go and work on their tickets and that the House will adjourn for the first two weeks to allow members conclude all the reports in their various committees. And the following two weeks will be for oversight functions towards the budget. That was what we agreed on.”

However, Akande-Adeola did not meet with Tambuwal. She went straight into her office after speaking with journalists while the Speaker was still busy at the sitting of one of the two committees.

When contacted, Ogor dismissed the allegation that he joined Tambuwal and Ihedioha to play a game on the leader over the defection.

He described the allegation as “strange” and called for proof.

“If I was aware, it became my responsibility to tell her. I was not aware (of the defection). He who alleges must show proof.”

Ogor also spoke on the views expressed by the APC caucus that only Tambuwal could reconvene the House.

He argued that the speaker’s consent was not required in this “peculiar” circumstance to reconvene the House because Tambuwal was the subject matter.

Ogor said, “The Speaker is an interested party and cannot be a judge in his own case.

“The principles of fair hearing demand that it is very difficult for him to be the one to reconvene the House.”

Ogor explained that the rules of the House recognised the existence of other minority parties outside the APC.

He claimed that the other parties and the PDP could reconvene the House without the consent of Tambuwal so long as a quorum of 120 members was formed.

Hmmmmm

The game is on Emeka Ihedioha and Leo Ogor, they've been exposed to be two-faced just like Tambuwal.

With or without them, Tambuwal is a goner while the journey into political oblivion for Leo and Emeka starts now.

Ok

tokunboh:
The game is on Emeka Ihedioha and Leo Ogor, they've been exposed to be two-faced just like Tambuwal.

With or without them, Tambuwal is a goner while the journey into political oblivion for Leo and Emeka starts now.

Political oblivion for them simply because they no longer want to wine and dine witth PDP? How does that work again?

Stop thinking with your anus. PDP used to be very strong but not any more thanks to GEJ.

@Topic. I am particularly happy that it is not only Tambuwal that has deflected, from alll indication, it is only a matter of time before Emeka Ihedioha and Leo Ogor also defect which mean PDP has been properly and fully checkmated.

The beginning of the end of that thieving party it seems.

BH dey approach ma lacation nd i dey here dey read nonsense

The leader of the house who is a female Was kept in the dark because women mouths nor dey close.

And they say women are smarter than men, hmmmm

Women, women, women how many times did I called you people?

But still none of my business but brought a lot of popcorn for all us

Mulikatu you dull sha

Even people on nairaland knew tambuwal might defect that day.

Instead of you to mobilise other members of pdp legislators for a show down, you were expecting tambuwal to tell you himself.

And na you con carry you mouth move motion of adjournment. Chiaai

When the speaker cash in to defect, you didn‘t even protest, all we were hearing at that time was jubilation.

PDP should first and foremost, shop for a competent majority leader.

I "wish" PDP forces out Tambuwal

Then, Jonathan will KNOW you can win a battle but lose the war.

How many % did he get in Sokoto 2011? He'll understand how Buhari felt seeing him get 99.2% in SS and SE.

Your country is burning yet this is all that matters

arsetalks:
Political oblivion for them simply because they no longer want to wine and dine witth PDP? How does that work again?

Stop thinking with your anus. PDP used to be very strong but not any more thanks to GEJ.

@Topic. I am particularly happy that it is not only Tambuwal that has deflected, from alll indication, it is only a matter of time before Emeka Ihedioha and Leo Ogor also defect which mean PDP has been properly and fully checkmated.

The beginning of the end of that thieving party it seems.

and When they join apc they stop stealing?

was just about to type the same thing. It was on nairaland the night before, was punch headline news that morning, every tom, dck and harry in Nigeria knew he was defecting, except her

dcaliph:
Mulikatu you dull sha

Even people on nairaland knew tambuwal might defect that day.

Instead of you to mobilise other members of pdp legislators for a show down, you were expecting tambuwal to tell you himself.

And na you con carry you mouth move motion of adjournment. Chiaai

When the speaker cash in to defect, you didn‘t even protest, all we were hearing at that time was jubilation.

PDP should first and foremost, shop for a competent majority leader.

segend:
was just about to type the same thing. It was on nairaland the night before, was punch headline news that morning, every tom, dck and harry in Nigeria knew he was defecting, except her

The fault is on the PDP, if there was only a PDP caucus meeting to discuss the propose defection of the speaker, tambuwal would have been scared.

dcaliph:
Mulikatu you dull sha

Even people on nairaland knew tambuwal might defect that day.

Instead of you to mobilise other members of pdp legislators for a show down, you were expecting tambuwal to tell you himself.

And na you con carry you mouth move motion of adjournment. Chiaai

When the speaker cash in to defect, you didn‘t even protest, all we were hearing at that time was jubilation.

PDP should first and foremost, shop for a competent majority leader.

THAT SAME DULLARD WAS WHO PDP WANTED TO IMPOSE AS SPEAKER.

JUST THE SAME WAY OBJ IMPOSED YAR'ADUA AND JONAH. BIRDS OF A FEATHER.

arsetalks:
Political oblivion for them simply because they no longer want to wine and dine witth PDP? How does that work again?

Stop thinking with your anus. PDP used to be very strong but not any more thanks to GEJ.

@Topic. I am particularly happy that it is not only Tambuwal that has deflected, from alll indication, it is only a matter of time before Emeka Ihedioha and Leo Ogor also defect which mean PDP has been properly and fully checkmated.

The beginning of the end of that thieving party it seems.

It's either you are completely ignorant or you just make stuff up in your head and vomit it on Nairaland. Ihedioha can grab the APC guber ticket in Imo state and Leo Ogor can do same in Delta. Without the PDP, these two traitors are nonentities.

tokunboh:


It's either you are completely ignorant or you just make stuff up in your head and vomit it on Nairaland. Ihedioha can grab the APC guber ticket in Imo state and Leo Ogor can do same in Delta. Without the PDP, these two traitors are nonentities.

Did you read the thread before you ran your loose mouth?

arsetalks:
Did you read the thread before you ran your loose mouth?

You are the one suffering from ADHD here. I'd advise you go through your posts on this thread. Maybe after doing that, you'd be able to come to terms with the fact that your memory has been ravaged with amnesia.

Just like your handle, you reason and talk with your anus.

tokunboh:


You are the one suffering from ADHD here. I'd advise you go through your posts on this thread. Maybe after doing that, you'd be able to come to terms with the fact that your memory has been ravaged with amnesia.

Just like your handle, you reason and talk with your anus.

Posts on this thread? I only made one post here unless the reply to your silly ill thought out reply counts.