These politicians should learn from history, learn from what happened to Okadigbo when he was teargassed, your dearth will never stopped the looting to stop neither will it stop tambuwal to continue nursing his selfish ambition.

berem:
Tambuwal has suddenly become the problem of Nigeria where Jonathan can flex his muscle,whereas Tompolo a lawless citizen is terrorizing innocent journalists and threatening Nigerians in Delta state and Jonathan is turning a blind eye on the situation?

Time to kick out the Otuoke man from Aso Rock in 2015!!

ehm i usually like to stay an observer and nothing more in politics section but i need to correct you on something. I live in delta state and i can tell you that tompolo is viewed as a demi-god in delta state not in a vendetta manner but rather in a herculean way. Every deltan knows that the creeks do not welcome foreigners or strange faces especially when they are in groups(as regards the treatment channels tv crew got ). yes tompolo is lawless but to his people he is a hero(ironically, his word is law to them), and we know who to blame for giving him the opportunity to become one.

This whole Tambuwal saga to me is inconsequential, as far as am concerned all i see are politicians fighting for their interest ahead of 2015, they only cite the shortfalls of this administration as a means of gaining our sympathy.
However i do not support the way GEJ has handled the situation, it leaves a very bad precedent for his successors(whether in 2015 or 2019 only God knows), he needn't be this ruthless. ideally, a political party ought to be a group of people who share the same ideology and if this is the case we shouldnt see these prostitutional decamping being practised by both PDP and APC. We are in dire need of a true opposition with a sincere ideology, APC's ideology is only to take over power. This is counter productive and distracts us all from issues that are more deserving of our attention. i just pray that with time as our democracy matures, the political climate will, though i fear time isnt our friend.

9jii:
Is he a TAN or san?
When the so-called literate talked like political attack dog, you know it time for a CHANGE

maybe SAN -TAN

BetaThings:


What is lawless in the House trying to convene to discuss a request made by the President to extend emergency rule?
The precedent ("undangerous" then but now dangerous, according to you) was set when Senator Musiliu Obanikoro defected from AC to PDP
Senator Obanikoro was warmly received by the PDP
When journalists asked him about the morality of leaving the party that sponsored him to the senate
Senator Obanikoro said
"Don't ask me about morality; if you want to discuss morality, ask the Pope"

Jonathan is the one bringing the office of the president to disrepute
I saw him warn PDP aspirants against "do-or-die" politics. He forgot that same do-or-die politics of Obasanjo brought him and his boss (Yaradua) into office
We also know that Jonathan did not even allow Sylva to buy a nomination form when Jonathan wanted to impose Dickson on Bayelsa
We note that Jonathan is trying to ensure that he is the only one that gets PDP nomination form for the PDP presidential primary

Similarly Jonathan warns today against treasonable acts esp by people hiding under immunity
He added that the nation's unity cannot be threatened
But Asari Dokubo's threat to make this country explode if Jonathan does not get a second term is not treasonable?
His threat to match the North "bullet for bullet" is not treasonable?
His assertion that Northerners are parasites that they will frustrate to the extent that the Northerners will beg to leave this country is what?
Asari's declaration that core Northerners are from Futa Jalon and woiuld not be allowed to rule is not treasonable?

Is Jonathan aware that the Itsekiris are threatening to secede if Jonathan continues to favour his Ijaw people in the Itsekiris' dispute with the Ijaw?
Is Jonathan saying that Tompolo has the powers to detain Nigerians including journalists and frame them?

President Jonathan is an insincere person who puts his ambition and friends above national interest

........trying to paint asari dokubo wil b unfair if at the end u dnt tel us the reason y he made dos threat,that a certain man named Buhari also threatend 2 mk 9ja úngovernable if GEJ returns to power........,ah wil advice u kip quiet and eat that EBA u jst made and stop actio that 'APC PET' that u arn't.

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Tambuwal resign....you can't eat your cake and have it[/quote


This is really a funny statement from TAN not SAN.

BetaThings:


What is lawless in the House trying to convene to discuss a request made by the President to extend emergency rule?
The precedent ("undangerous" then but now dangerous, according to you) was set when Senator Musiliu Obanikoro defected from AC to PDP
Senator Obanikoro was warmly received by the PDP
When journalists asked him about the morality of leaving the party that sponsored him to the senate
Senator Obanikoro said
"Don't ask me about morality; if you want to discuss morality, ask the Pope"

Jonathan is the one bringing the office of the president to disrepute
I saw him warn PDP aspirants against "do-or-die" politics. He forgot that same do-or-die politics of Obasanjo brought him and his boss (Yaradua) into office
We also know that Jonathan did not even allow Sylva to buy a nomination form when Jonathan wanted to impose Dickson on Bayelsa
We note that Jonathan is trying to ensure that he is the only one that gets PDP nomination form for the PDP presidential primary

Similarly Jonathan warns today against treasonable acts esp by people hiding under immunity
He added that the nation's unity cannot be threatened
But Asari Dokubo's threat to make this country explode if Jonathan does not get a second term is not treasonable?
His threat to match the North "bullet for bullet" is not treasonable?
His assertion that Northerners are parasites that they will frustrate to the extent that the Northerners will beg to leave this country is what?
Asari's declaration that core Northerners are from Futa Jalon and woiuld not be allowed to rule is not treasonable?

Is Jonathan aware that the Itsekiris are threatening to secede if Jonathan continues to favour his Ijaw people in the Itsekiris' dispute with the Ijaw?
Is Jonathan saying that Tompolo has the powers to detain Nigerians including journalists and frame them?

President Jonathan is an insincere person who puts his ambition and friends above national interest

....HEY AMIGO....tryING to paint asari dokubo wil b unfair if at the end u dnt tel us the reason y he made dos threat,that a certain man named Buhari also threatend 2 mk 9ja úngovernable if GEJ returns to power........,ah wil advice u kip quiet and eat that EBA u jst made and stop actin that 'APC PET' that u arn't.

Hahahahah..... You cant be a SAN and be making such a pathetic statement... I guess you are a TAN not a SAN.

So Tambuwal shoul resign for peace to rain..

CÀnt jonathan resign for peace to reign.

mikeansy:


Go and learn the constitution before you engage in a debate u have no clue about

Mimiko is not a legislator!

Femi Lanlehin was an APC senator before he pitched his tent with Accord party,has he resigned?

The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria is clear. It stated that Tambuwal MUST GO.
68. (1) 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 -
(a) he becomes a member of another legislative house.
(b) any other circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the Senate or the House
of Representatives, would cause him to be disqualified for election as a member;
(c) he ceases to be a citizen of Nigeria;
(d) he becomes President, Vice-President, Governor, Deputy Governor or a Minister of the
Government of the Federation or a Commissioner of the Government of a State or a Special
Adviser.
(e) save as otherwise prescribed by this Constitution, he becomes a member of a
commission or other body established by this Constitution or by any other law.
(f) without just cause he is absent from meetings of the House of which he is a member for
a period amounting in the aggregate to more than one-third of the total number of days
during which the House meets in any one year;
(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;
Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in
the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more
political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored.

mikeansy:


Ok Tompolo and Tambuwal in the same class now?

I see now that you people set the bar very low for ur representatives!

Sister we are talking about the integrity and sanctity of the second arm of Government here!

Which integrity? Did you talk about integrity when Mimiko ,Theodore Orji, Yuguda all decamped to the PDP at different times? What about Send Ayo Adeseun who decamped from the APC to the PDP,has he also resigned?

mikeansy:


Go and learn the constitution before you engage in a debate u have no clue about

Mimiko is not a legislator!

We are not talking of legislators, senators, councellors, governors or president here..

We are talking of Defecting from one party to the other and the concequencies irrespective of your position..

Some people on nairaland are educated illitrates.

berem:
Is Tambuwal the problem of Nigeria? Yes or No?

He is part of this defection problem. If he had declared the seats of the honorable members that earlier defected vacant as enshrined in the constitution, he would have saved Nigeria this shameful acts. But he refused to do the needful because he was selfishly preparing ground for his defection.

68. (1) 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;

It is only in this country we hide under the rules of law or ask the court to interpret an act we know is constitutionally wrong but because our justice system is wrong and slow, we expect an aggrieved party to go to court that will never end. The constitution says resign, when you decamped, what part of the section is not clear that needs court's interpretation.

Secondly, though the police was wrong to have blocked the gate but the honourable members do not have any rights to take laws into their hands by pushing the police away, became unruly, jumped gates etc. These can only be done by rogues. I was ashamed to see our reps descend so low. Just imagine what could have happened if it were campus students that pushed away the police screening point, scaled fence, became unruly, you would have condemned them and police would have shot some of them for aggravated aggression.

We should all support decency and our democracy to grow.

Why is everyone talking about Mimiko? If u ask Mimiko to resign,what should we tell Amaech,Kwankwasor and the other governors that defected to APC? If we can't learn to state issues reasonably without setiments then,we have a problem. Our so-called representatives have nothing to teach the youths,they have all failed!

Try it and see hell

mikeansy:


Next time the police that will mount the NASS assembly will be a fearsome riot squad that will treat anyone jumping fences as thieves!

Tambuwal wants to take on the state from the wrong side of the law. He will go to jail if he does not take time!

Demdem:
Very foolish and pathetic San. Another useless one is ocj okocha who feels wike should govern rivers.
These pdp Sans eh? Very useless set of people.

so any one that didnt concour with u apc e-swines are nw stupid, abi?

Demdem:
Very foolish and pathetic San. Another useless one is ocj okocha who feels wike should govern rivers.
These pdp Sans eh? Very useless set of people.

Who take the words of judicial elements to the bank in this current Nigeria? Is it not here we had Awokulehin who absolved Ibori of all count charges? Ozekhome is looking for a Justice minister position from Jona. Even uselu patients here know that.

I gess we dezav beta dan dis....9ja Stand Up & Let ur votes count... #Team Change 4 good!!!

Happy Weekend Sa

PStacks:



We are not talking of legislators, senators, councellors, governors or president here..

We are talking of Defecting from one party to the other and the concequencies irrespective of your position..

Some people on nairaland are educated illitrates.

Mr "educated literate" the Nigerian constitution differentiates the consequences of defecting as a Governor and the consequences of defecting as a legislator! I bet you don't even know this fact!

No going back. Tambuwal can have his cake and eat it, infact that is what he is even doing nw.
If somebody thinks the speaker of the House of Representatives must be loyal to him then he must be in for a joke. GEJ can't you spot the difference btw Tambuwal & Mark the establishment figure, who, like him, does ntn for the ordinary masses?

GEJ should learn clever politicking & not go abt intimidating opponents with security forces.

amaechionuh:
Silent is the best answer to a fool, all this Northerners trying to grip POWER by all means... I laugh in Igbo".

GEJ silent approach is putting all of em in confusion. North will never smell presidency till Christ come.

I said so...

That means Christ will never come!

RockMaxi:
I thought precedence is a reference point and valid in stating cases when it comes to law. Mr. SAN, why not ask Mimiko to also resign for the sake of equity.

Y must U̶̲̥̅̊ kip showing ya level of illiteracy? Wia in d constitution states †̥ђǻ†̥ a Governor shud vacate his/her seat when he/she defect to anoda party? Seems u fil lyk saying sometin wen odas are saying rit? Stop exposing ya illiteracy

RockMaxi:
I thought precedence is a reference point and valid in stating cases when it comes to law. Mr. SAN, why not ask Mimiko to also resign for the sake of equity.

May your ignorance not kill you; for your information which I see here that most people like you and Berem are not abreast with is , Mimiko was elected in his capacity as a Governor of his state and can defect to another party if he wishes; more reason why nobody asked kwankwaso of kano state or Wamako of sokoto state and their likes to resign when they defected to Apc.
However, Tambuwal was elected as a honourable member of the house by his people and not as the speaker of the house, he became the speaker by the virtue of the party he belonged which was pdp , because pdp has the majority in the house and as stated by the Nigerian constitution the speaker of the house must be from the party which has the majority in the house, now that he has defected to a party with Minority in the lower house he should honourably resign as the speaker . We can not change the constitution because of one man or Apc.
The danger of it all is this; if Apc will want to play out lawlessness in this, they should remember pdp has every resources available to follow suit and we will all be affected eventually.

2tek:
The constitution of the federal republic of Nigeria is clear. It stated that Tambuwal MUST GO.
68. (1) 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 -
(a) he becomes a member of another legislative house.
(b) any other circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the Senate or the House
of Representatives, would cause him to be disqualified for election as a member;
(c) he ceases to be a citizen of Nigeria;
(d) he becomes President, Vice-President, Governor, Deputy Governor or a Minister of the
Government of the Federation or a Commissioner of the Government of a State or a Special
Adviser.
(e) save as otherwise prescribed by this Constitution, he becomes a member of a
commission or other body established by this Constitution or by any other law.
(f) without just cause he is absent from meetings of the House of which he is a member for
a period amounting in the aggregate to more than one-third of the total number of days
during which the House meets in any one year;
(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;
Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in
the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more
political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored.

Obanikoro from defected to PDP from AD! You talking hogwash, duh

Tambuwal was voted into NA under d platform of d PDP bt was nt a speaker dat time. It was wen d House (ie all d parties involve) did dere election dat Tambuwal wat elected d speaker. For me, he can defect nd still bcom d speaker on less d house impeach him. So mr SAN go nd sit down nd mind u am nt in support of any useless party in Nigeria. Dey ar all after dere pocket

berem:
Is Tambuwal the problem of Nigeria? Yes or No?

Let him do the needful, as a law maker he should stand by the constitution and obey it.

9jii:
Is he a TAN or san?
When the so-called literate talked like political attack dog, you know it time for a CHANGE

u are very right my brother, redign bcox of what? He was elected by the members of the house..

mikeansy:
Nigeria is bigger than Tambuwal's personal ambition

And so is she bigger than Jonathan's.

mikeansy:
Nigeria is bigger than Tambuwal's personal ambition

NO IN TAMBUWAL ACTIONS AM BIGGER THAN 170m NIGERIANS, NIGERIA IS MY PERSONAL ESTATE IF LIKE I CAN DECIDES TO JUMP IN OR OUT OF THE HOUSES AT ANY TIME, IF I LIKE I GO PASS BACKYARD ENTER, IF I LIKE I GO JUMP THROUGH BALCONY, AFTER ALL NA THEM MY GRANDFATHERS FIRST TALK AM SAY naijeria na our GOD GIVEN INHERITANCE, WHY WON'T I DO AS I LIKE?

ogene70:


May your ignorance not kill you; for your information which I see here that most people like you and Berem are not abreast with is , Mimiko was elected in his capacity as a Governor of as state and can defect to another party if he wishes; more reason why nobody asked kwankwaso of kano state or Wamako of sokoto state and their likes to resign when they defected to Apc.
However, Tambuwal was elected as a honourable member of the house by his people and not as the speaker of the house, he became the speaker by the virtue of the party he belonged which was pdp , because pdp has the majority in the house and as stated by the Nigerian constitution the speaker of the house must be from the party which has the majority in the house, now that he has defected to a party with Minority in the lower house he should honourably resign as the speaker . We can not change the constitution because of one man or Apc.
The danger of it all is this; if Apc will want to play out lawlessness in this, they should remember pdp has every resources available to follow suit and we will be affected eventually.

Eheeeen! What part of the constitution says that? Link please!

Mind you,he was elected as speaker by the whole house and not only PDP legislators. Learn to be truthful please.

esoboy875:
Tambuwal was voted into NA under d platform of d PDP bt was nt a speaker dat time. It was wen d House (ie all d parties involve) did dere election dat Tambuwal wat elected d speaker. For me, he can defect nd still bcom d speaker on less d house impeach him. So mr SAN go nd sit down nd mind u am nt in support of any useless party in Nigeria. Dey ar all after dere pocket

Are you saying base on ur own nlogical reason or base on constitutional provisions?