http://saharareporters.com/2014/12/05/nigeria-police-restore-speaker-tambuwals-security


Police authorities are set to
reinstate the security details of
the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Hon Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal, weeks after it
was withdrawn in the wake of his
defection from the PDP to the All
Progressives Congress (APC). A source at the Nigeria police
headquarters in Abuja indicate
that the police will hinge its
decision on the emergence of
Tambuwal as the governorship
candidate for the APC in the
forthcoming general election. Tambuwal defeated four other
contestants to emerge Sokoto
APC governorship flagbearer
yesterday and will now slug it
out with candidates from other
political parties next February
during Nigeria's elections.
"We still believe the Speaker is
not entitled to security based on
his decision to defect. The
constitution is very clear on
that, and we are defending our
position well in court.
"However, since Tambuwal is
now a candidate of a major
political party in Sokoto,
convention requires that the
Police protects him. The Federal
Government takes the security
of leading candidates very
seriously as such we will restore
security to Tambuwal and at the
same time provide same for all
the leading candidates in all
states of the Federation.
"If the Police feels at any given
time that the security of
candidates is under threat, we
are bound by law to come in and
provide security. If you recall
really well, the governorship
candidate of the then ruling
ANPP was murdered in Borno
very close to the election, since
then we reviewed our internal
security arrangements and
decided to notch security around
candidates a bit high," the source
stated.
When asked if the same number
of men earlier withdrawn from
Tambuwal will be restored, the
source declined to answer,
saying only that the police high
command will determine such a
decision.
Reports indicate that the
Federal Government has directed
all security agencies to ensure
zero casualties especially of
candidates for the forthcoming
elections. The directive is said to
be boosted by recent success of
the government troops in their
fight against the insurgency in
the North-Eastern part of the
country.
Speaker Tambuwal's office could
not be reached for comments.

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