Speaker of the House of Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal, has joined the
race to become the President of the country in 2015 on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress, which he defected to two weeks ago.
Media aides of the Speaker, who joined the APC from the Peoples Democratic
Party, confirmed that “friends and associates” bought the presidential
nomination form of the party for Tambuwal, who became the Speaker of the
House in 2011.
Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Imam Imam, told our correspondent
on the telephone on Thursday, “Earlier today, some friends and associates of the
Speaker notified him that they have bought presidential nomination forms for
him.”
Our correspondent learnt that members of the APC in the House opted to pay
for the nomination form for the Speaker to contest the 2015 presidential poll.
The PUNCH gathered on Thursday that the members reportedly reached out to
one another soon after it turned out that Tambuwal showed interest in the
presidential race early this week.
Attempts by the APC to pick a presidential candidate by consensus appeared to
have failed after talks between the stakeholders reportedly collapsed by
Wednesday.
The contest was initially between former Head of State, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu
Buhari (retd.); former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar and Kano State Governor,
Rabiu Kwankwaso.
But, The PUNCH learnt that the entry of Tambuwal into the race had further
compounded the situation in the APC.
Investigations showed that the lawmakers had reasoned that Tambuwal was a
“poor speaker”, who would not be able to afford the N27m the APC fixed as
the cost of the form.
http://www.punchng.com/news/apc-reps-pay-for-tambuwals-presidential-form/

Ok

I have so many thing to say but make I dey observe for now.

Wish him good luck

wish him the best.