There are indications that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal is under pressure to resign following his tacit support for the rebel New PDP members in the House and his inability to stem the growing acrimony in the PDP caucus.

Nigerian Pilot gathered that the plot to unseat Tambuwal thickened last week Wednesday when majority PDP members in the House loyal to the national chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur held a secret meeting in Abuja.

Among the long list of Tambuwal’s alleged sins Nigerian Pilot’s findings revealed include; “disloyalty to party decisions, insubordination to party authority, anti-party activities, actions likely to derail the integrity of the House and the country’s democracy and rudderless leadership.”

A source close to aggrieved members added thus, “we are of the view that the leadership; that is Tambuwal’s deputy, Ihedioha, the majority leader and the rest we know, reason, think and do things the way Tambuwal does. Hence, they must also go with him.”

Speaker Tambuwal and the 57 “New PDP” members in the House were said to have gotten wind of the meeting, which prompted the House to quickly adjourn sittings till October 22 to give the Tambuwal loyalists apple time to strategize on how to counter the move to impeach the Speaker.

Though the leadership of the House claimed they were adjourning for the forthcoming Muslim Salah celebration and the lesser Hajj, Nigerian Pilot gathered from authoritative sources that the reason adduced for the sudden adjournment is to allow tension die down and same time give Tambuwal loyalists enough time to lobby members of the House elected on the platform of the opposition parties.

Since the split in PDP on August 31, 57 out of 208 PDP members in the House of Representatives, in obedience to the demands of their governors in the Baraje camp, declared support for the splinter group, leading to tension and mutual suspicion among PDP members in the House.

Following the split in the rank of PDP members, the 57 “New PDP” have been banking on all the opposition lawmakers to rally to their side in an event there is an attempt to sack Tambuwal.

Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Hon Zakari Mohammed, who is also a member of the “New PDP”, had at a pre-resumption news conference in Abuja on September 13 given an insight into the thinking among Tambuwal supporters when he declared that members of the “New PDP” will team up with the opposition elements in the house and invariable turn the old PDP into minority party in the house.

He said the PDP has 208 out of the 360 members of the House, while the All Progressives Congress controls 137 members.

“It is likely that the ‘rebellious’ new PDP members will team up with the APC members to decide major issues in the House. There are 137 APC members who may choose to team up with the 57 PDP rebels and become the majority in the House. So, who is the minority now?” he asked.

However, it was gathered that the strategy to rely on opposition lawmakers to save Tambuwal appears to have backfired as majority of the opposition lawmakers, who played critical role in the election of Tambuwal as speaker have opted not to join the fray which they perceived as pure internal affairs of PDP.

The opposition lawmakers position to stay neutral in the PDP crisis is said to have unsettled Tambuwal’s camp and the speaker is said to be under pressure to throw in the towel instead of facing possible impeachment when the house resumes on October 22.

SOURCE: www.osundefender.org/?p=125605

I hope 100 honorable rep members will not become d majority that can impeach or elect as we have seen in recent time in this administration.

Out of the 360 Honourable Members, the number of Members to elect or impeach must be up to 2:3 which is 240

Good Riddance to Bad Rubbish......next please

donphilopus: Out of the 360 Honourable Members, the number of Members to elect or impeach must be up to 2:3 which is 240

looking at the maths it is still not likely he could be impeached easily,because the numbers still don't tally for an out right impeachment. You take the 57 rebel PDP house members and 137 APC members on the fence. what do you have from a total of 360 members left. You get 199 instead of the required 240 for impeachment.That is a wide margin of 41 members.Not forgetting that of the 199 members,15 come from opposition parties outside APC.
Me thinks the nPDP move is more to re-enforcing or consolidating to avoid surprises.Except in this fracas, APC sides with any of the sides.It is a stalemate.

haka_nai:

looking at the maths it is still not likely he could be impeached easily,because the numbers still don't tally for an out right impeachment. You take the 57 rebel PDP house members and 137 APC members on the fence. what do you have from a total of 360 members left. You get 199 instead of the required 240 for impeachment.That is a wide margin of 41 members.Not forgetting that of the 199 members,15 come from opposition parties outside APC.
Me thinks the nPDP move is more to re-enforcing or consolidating to avoid surprises.Except in this fracas, APC sides with any of the sides.It is a stalemate.

that's why i said it's not practically possible to impeach the speaker, so whether they like it or not he must stay till 2015

Itz so funny how dz dayz der isn't any difference b/w politics n selfish interest in d literal sense of d words... Is der any reason 4 impeaching Tambuwal oda dan d fact dt his being d speaker won't serve d interest of d Tukur-led pdp... Imagine how dz fools are playing with d nation's interest like it's der personal family affair.

donphilopus: that's why i said it's not practically possible to impeach the speaker, so whether they like it or not he must stay till 2015

^^^^
yes just putting it clearly and stating the likely scenario that has made it a stalemate.I am not disputing your position at all.Just supporting your 2:3 and further showing the slim chance of even making that happen.

haka_nai:

^^^^
yes just putting it clearly and stating the likely scenario that has made it a stalemate.I am not disputing your position at all.Just supporting your 2:3 and further showing the slim chance of even making that happen.

True Talk, the fact that he supports nPDP doesn't disqualify him from being the Speaker, so they'd only try to impeach him, but it's not practically Possible for that to happen in Nigeria yet

ABATI AND OKUKPE!!!!, ARE YOU THERE?
PLS, TELL GULAK TO CONVEY, AS MATTER OF URGENCY, TO OGA JOE THAT HE SHUD, AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE, AVOID O.P.C (OPEN POLITICAL CONFRONTATION).
INFORM HIM THAT HE WILL FAIL AS MANY TIMES AS, IF NOT MORE THAN, HE TRIES.
THE GODS HAVE SPOKEN.

Tambuwal wants to bite d fingers that feeds him.
@d possibility of his impeachment;Apperently in my view he can ousted out.How?If Out of 360 house members,158 pro Tukur/Gej led PDP +15LP/APGA (90% of this lot should be pro GEJ which makes them anti Tambuwal).Among the 137 APC members,me thinks some might not be too comfortable with Tambuwal,so vote against him.Again when the chips are down,the npdp claim of 58 members might just turn out to be a fiction.
WARSAW NEVER SAW WAR UNTIL WAR CAME TO WARSAW.
I'm watching...

Osundefender crap

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Nigeria and their jagajaga politics. Mtscheww!

This my day off today nor go waste o. My school test was good, all glory to Baba God.

Time to play Call of Duty, Black Ops 2.

Can't wait for COD, Ghosts.


Make una dey jagajaga unaself for Naija, you hear

Mtchew!
Like say dem go impeach him.
Politricking.
Lubbish!

Funny how all the comments here are laced with sentiments. Why has the Republican controlled US of A congress decided to occassion a shutdown of the Obama government if not politics?
Why is Tambuwal,a PDP rep member and speaker by virtue of his membership of the PDP ,looking up to APC members to save him from his party? Is he a member of the APC?
This is a PDP government and they need to be in full control to carry out their manifesto. If the legislator does not complement the executive, it would not be an easy ride.
Tambuwal has been a mole within the PDP and it is high time he is shoved aside for the serious business of transformation to gather steam. No more to politicking, horse-trading and sabotaging of governments efforts by 'enemies within'.
The best thing for him is to decamp to the APC with his position,if he can garner enough support base. He has already made a mistake cos PDP members win elections on the strenght of their parties and would run back to it during election.

God dey

haka_nai:

looking at the maths it is still not likely he could be impeached easily,because the numbers still don't tally for an out right impeachment. You take the 57 rebel PDP house members and 137 APC members on the fence. what do you have from a total of 360 members left. You get 199 instead of the required 240 for impeachment.That is a wide margin of 41 members.Not forgetting that of the 199 members,15 come from opposition parties outside APC.
Me thinks the nPDP move is more to re-enforcing or consolidating to avoid surprises.Except in this fracas, APC sides with any of the sides.It is a stalemate.

Most of you here dont know anything about Nigerian politics. That there are 360 members does not mean all the members have to be present to impeach the speaker. There has never been a time when all the members were present in the house except maybe at the inauguration. The key factors that determine impeachment are resources and politicking. Those who support Tambuwal do not necessarily love him. People just align themselves to wherever they think suits them most. The moment they begin to loose confidence in Tambuwal not being able to serve their interest, they will dump him. He will be dealt with at the right time. The only reason he is still there is because GEJ is a gentle man. If the president really wants him out, he will be thrown out and even the opposition reps will join to impeach him.

Good riddance

Where is that learner that APC employed @ilugunboy or what's his name

LMAO.. *in OBJ's voice*.. I dey laugh oo

The hunter has become the hunted

donphilopus:
Among the long list of Tambuwal’s alleged sins Nigerian Pilot’s findings revealed include; “disloyalty to party decisions, insubordination to party authority, anti-party activities, actions likely to derail the integrity of the House and the country’s democracy and rudderless leadership.”

^^ traits/characteristics of APC party..

This is nothing but a mid-week tale.

You see them spring into action only when someone is about to loose an office.ASUU has been on strike & the fools are doing nothing about it.Gosh!

The hunter is now the hunted!

see who was plotting impeaching the president!!! Hahahahahah

Impeachment or no impeachment, New York town crier must go come 2015.

Following the split in the rank of PDP members, the 57 “New PDP” have been banking on all the opposition lawmakers to rally to their side in an event there is an attempt to sack Tambuwal.

LMAO.. Clueless learners.. Let's see how APC will "rally" to their sides as they are being kicked to the curbs.. Buncha of backstabbing sycophants

Mistaking GEJ's humility for cluelessness.. Una never jam

A house divided among itself, can never stand!!..

There's no "NEW PDP"; it's either you're for PDP or against PDP.. Impeach the "REBELS" o jare.. No time

Tanbuwal is not an APC member, so he can't count on them to save him. People cross and decamp in politics if their interest are not being served. What is he still doing in PDP, cos that is the only reason he is a speaker today. you all that think he can't be impeached must be joking. He is not serving the interest of us Nigerians cos he is constantly opposing the transformation agenda of mr president. Its even better to have any opposition member as speaker than having a PDP turning against his own