Ahead of today’s meeting by the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) with lawmakers-elect for the 8th National Assembly, there are pressures by some party big shots for one of the contenders for the speaker of the 8th House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara to run as deputy speaker under Femi Gbajabiamila, it was learnt in Abuja yesterday.
The APC had earlier scheduled the meeting for Thursday, but due to intense pressure and disagreement among major stakeholders, including some state governors who feared that a mock primary would be conducted at the meeting, which might bring about division, it was postponed to today.
Initially, there were more than five aspirants for the position, but three namely Mohammed Tahir Monguno, Pally Iriase and Yussuf Lasun, stepped down for Gbajabiamila, while Abdulmumin Jibrin withdrew for Dogara.
It was learnt that some outgoing principal officers of the 7th Assembly are now at the forefront to have Dogara as deputy speaker because he has been in the race since after the March 28 presidential and National Assembly elections, but that they feared he might lose out completely.
Already, Gbajabiamila has picked one of the earliest aspirants for the speaker’s seat, Monguno, from Borno State. The duo have since sealed a deal as their campaign posters are seen everywhere together. Besides, Gbajabiamila, it was gathered, is not ready to work with Dogara as deputy as that would be in breach of the agreement he had with Monguno, who had stepped down for him last week.

Gbajabiamila has already bought over most of the honourable members with monetary gifts and hampers. I witnessed the gift hampers he shared for them at International Conference Center during their first training last month.

Most of the honorable members are quite new to the system and believe Gbajabiamila has the legislative experience to lead them.........the APC faction supporting Dogara are doing so mainly because of ethnicity.

Gbajabiamila don use 'ogboju'...

Oh boy.
This is 'House of APC', season 1 episode 2.
Watch out for the next episode of your darling Nigerian Politics show.

Is this the change that APC promised, organise a kangaroo primaries and force the rival candidate to take the vice position.

Impunity meets with intrigues $##$$# ÷ !!!!!

If it was pdp that committed this blunder all hell would have been let loose by Sahara report, lai mohammed and premium times of how Jonathan is fixing elections and planting stooges to prevent the house from opposing his regime,.