chisco82:

Bros we are talking about a principal position here "The Speaker of the House"
Is just like moving to a new appartment with nothing and when you want to relocate you now want to go with properties that was there, you were giving a job with an official car and resign your appointment, will you go with that official car?
The position of the speaker belong to PDP as a party not to Tambwal as an individual.
If ApC meant well for Nigeria they should advice him to resign.
All these shows that there will be no change even if APC wins the presidential election.
They are just showing Nigerians what to expect from them if they take over power.
Im not supporting any party, I'm an advocate of good governance.

Pesuzok:
People should quote the constitution as it states in full

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;

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;


Tambuwal claims there is a division in sokoto PDP, why not find out if its true or false by letting the courts decide

thunder74:

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.

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.

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!!

mikeansy:


PDP has a court injunction stating that there is no division in PDP!

berem:
The extent at which people lie just to score points is really shocking. I am waiting for him to prove his points with facts.

esoboy875:

My broda, if u recall vividly, u wil rememba dat it was nt only PDP members dat did d election in NA dat makes Tambuwal d speaker nd mor self, PDP neva wanted him to b speaker @ d 1st place. It was d oppositions dat gave dere votes for him. So dey should jst leav him nd do d work dey were voted to do.

thunder74:

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.

drnoel:


Rather a sad comment 4rm one who should know better. What is tompolo compared to Tumbuwal? Can u compare the office of the speaker nigerians 4th citizen to tompolo (a riff raff).

BetaThings:


Do you want to argue using the constitution or the bye law of NURTW?
In respect to defection
The constitution DOES NOT mention principal officer
When Obanikoro defected to PDP, he was affected, but PDP did not see it fit to ask him to resign

In respect to being speaker
The constitution DOES NOT mention party



If Jonathan means well, he would have allowed the House of Reps to sit on the extension of the state of emergency!
The state if emergency has now expired, has it not?
Is removing Tambuwal more important that addressing security issue!


Your analysis is biased, you are castigating APC and you are telling us you are not biased
Even children in KG1 know that if meat is not shared properly, there is bias

When you declare a position that is contrary to the constitution, then you are biased

1999 Constituion, as amended
50. (1) There shall be

Pesuzok:


When was the court injunction and when did tambuwal defect?

maestroferddi:
I believe that a little understanding of legal processes would aid your case.

This is no connexion between a putative infraction in Ondo State with a flagrant malfeasance by the leader of the lower chamber of the legislature.

That a party elected to forgo the pursuit of a remedy for a suffered injury should not preclude another party from exercising their inalienable right.

maestroferddi:
The court does not manufacture cases.

maestroferddi:
This is no connexion between a putative infraction in Ondo State with a flagrant malfeasance by the leader of the lower chamber of the legislature.

chisco82:

I agree with ur point but that position belong to the party not him as an individual.

chisco82:

I agree with ur point but that position belong to the party not him as an individual.

maestroferddi:
Would it interest you to know that a respected legal voice in the person of Olisa Agbakoba holds a similar perspective with Ezekhome:that Tambuwal should no longer have business being Speaker of the House since he has run afoul of the constitution?

mikeansy:


The injunction was granted PDP after the manufacture division called nPDP was formed.

Hence the injunction was long in place before Tambuwal defected.

But more seriously if we are a serious country we won't even be entertaining this debate!

if Tambuwal was clear on his conviction that he wants APC, the correct thing should have been to resign months ago, force a bye-election and get his sokoto people to re-elect him as APC legislator.

At this moment Tambuwal is attempting to swap his peoples mandate from PDP to APC while flouting the constitution and without recourse to his own constituency who elected him under PDP.

A dangerous precedent is being set here and this can't just be allowed to stand!

Enough is enough!

This simply means that in future Nigerians can vote a majority moderate party to NASS and members of this majority party can vote one of their own as leader but by defection we can end up with a fundamentalist leadership in the house!

Very dangerous precedent is being set here by Tambuwal!!

berem:
you call someone who threatens your president a riff raff? A militant who moves around with armed military men,something our 4th citizen has been deprived of?
I don't care about their status as long as both of them are Nigerians.

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

BetaThings:

Sorry
Agbakoba said he was not speaking the law
I challenge you to quote Agbakoba in full
Please can we stick to the truth and the whole truth?

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!!

mikeansy:


Well the Nigerian constitution is a public document available online. I have no interest to spoon feed you. Go read section 68 for yourself.

drnoel:


U and i know that in nigeria. U can buy police escorts for as cheap as 50 K so what are u talking about? Besides did GEJ tell u he is the one worrying Tumbuwal? Or did he tell u he cares what tompolo says. U guys underestimate that man. Just watch an see as the movie unfolds.

Pesuzok:


calm down on this long epistle and what you think. Lets follow the constitution.

Assuming there is a division in sokoto PDP based on tambuwal reason, will he vacate his seat or not?

(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

so PDP should get a fresh induction to show that there is really no division in PDP before asking for tambuwal to vacate, not bring forward an old injuction

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!

mikeansy:


My sister, political allegiances aside, a very dangerous precedent is being set here if Tambuwal does not step down.

Lawlessness is part of the problem and what Tambuwal is trying to do here is simply lawless.

His actions are bringing the second arm of government to disrepute!

Pesuzok:


Did the constitution say that the post belongs to a party, please educate me

50. (1) There shall be:-

(a) a President and a Deputy President of the Senate, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves; and

(b) a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, who shall be elected by the members of that House from among themselves.

(2) The President or Deputy President of the Senate or the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives shall vacate his office -

(a) if he ceases to be a member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, otherwise than by reason of a dissolution of the Senate or the House of Representatives; or

(b) when the House of which he was a member first sits after any dissolution of that House; or

(c) if he is removed from office by a resolution of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of the members of that House.

esoboy875:

Boss sir, dere is no particular party dat is tie to b speaker, it is who d honourable membas vote in dat automatically bcom d speaker. So sir, I tink dey should jst walk together nd rememba dat nigeria as a nation is for all.