ABUJA—THERE appears to be a crack within the ranks of the Femi Gbajabiamila camp in the House of Representatives as some members of group have disassociated themselves from the letter emanating from the camp to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun on the sharing of principal offices.


The Speaker, Yakubu Dogara had last Thursday replied the national chairman on why the letter from the national leadership that contained the names of four nominees for the remaining four principal offices was not read on the floor of the House.

Dogara, Oyegun and long standing tradition

Dogara told Chief Oyegun that there had been a long standing tradition on the sharing of principal offices, which was always guided by the principle of federal character and that the 8th Assembly has decided to maintain the tradition for the sake of fairness to all the six geo-political zones.

But the Gbajabiamila group on Monday, faulted the Speaker’s position alleging that he was hypocritical in his assertion as he (the Speaker) had jettisoned zoning during the election of presiding officers of the House on July 9.


The group in the letter to Oyegun signed by Hon. Nasiru Sani Zangon-Daura, alleged that Dogara’s reply to Oyegun’s directives was fraught with fundamental flaws and that going by the House Standing Rule, the South-East that has only two APC members, who as first time members were not qualified to occupy any principal office.

However, two members of the group yesterday claimed that they were not part of the letter from the camp to the national chairman and that there was no time the group met to take such decision. .

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In a statement with the title, “Let’s sheathe the swords and embrace peace” signed by Muktari Dandutse representing Funtua/Dandume Federal Constituency of Katsina State and Tijjani Abdulkadir Jobe representing Tofa/Rimin Gado Federal Constituency of Kano State, the members said there was no time they agreed to write the letter to the chairman.

The letter read in parts: “Our attention has been drawn to a letter dated July 18, 2015 purportedly signed by Hon Sani Zangon Daura and addressed to the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Chief John Oyegun on behalf of the Loyalists Group.
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Party supremacy

“In the said letter to the National Chairman, Hon. Nasiru Zangon Daura insisted that party supremacy must reign in the selection of four principal officers in the house. While we categorically reaffirm our membership of the Loyalists Group and our unflinching allegiance to the supremacy of the party, we wish to make public that the said letter did not emanate from any formal or collective meeting of the group.

“We make bold to state that the views expressed by Hon. Nasiru Zangon Daura was his personal opinion and never has the Loyalists Group met or agreed to write formally to the leadership of the party in reaction to last week’s Speaker Dogara’s entreaties to the national chairman of our great party on the way forward.

“For the avoidance of doubt, the last time the group met was immediately after the maiden meeting of the APC National Executive Committee, NEC, held in Abuja on July 3, 2015; where we accepted to engage the Hon. Aminu Tambuwal’s -led Reconciliation Committee.

“Let us stress, that it was at this NEC meeting that the party recognized Senator Bukola Saraki as the Senate President and Hon. Yakubu Dogara as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“Similarly, it was after this NEC meeting that we accepted to cooperate with the Tambuwal’s Reconciliation Committee under the aegis of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Governors Forum.

Tambuwal’s reconciliation committee

“In fact, up to this moment, we are confident in the Tambuwal’s Reconciliation Committee as we await its report.

“While we want to use this medium to dissociate ourselves from the letter by Hon. Nasiru Zangon Daura to the leadership of the party, which to us is his personal views, we remain resolute in the conflict resolution mechanism embarked by the leadership of the party through the APC Governors Forum.

“We still maintain our spirit of give and take through negotiations with the Consolidation Group, in the same vain, we salute and commend the Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Yakubu Dogara’s posture on his magnanimity and compromise disposition, by conceding two major principal positions to the Loyalist Group all in a bid to promote peace and stability in the green chamber.

“We therefore urge the APC, Leadership to throw sentiments aside and accept the olive branch extended by the Speaker, so as to achieve amicable resolution of this lingering impasse in the House of Representatives as this will ensure peace, stability and progress for the onerous national assignment and expectations bestowed on all of us.

“We want to also use this medium to call on all members of the Loyalists Group nationwide to bury their hatchet, embrace peace and take Nigeria first, above personal interests.”



http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/07/crisis-in-gbajabiamilas-camp-over-letter-to-oyegun/

Grab the latest copy of the film, old men behaving like kids. No wonder this country is in this state.

I only have hope on sai buhari the rest is waste of time.
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Interesting...

The fight cannot end, watch out for SEASON 2

There will be change from Buhari but the rest are still PDP members. You think a Lizard in Africa will turn to a Crocodile in America? . . . But I wish all these will end

We have BH to fight, NASS dey there dey fight themselves.

ww3

hmmmmmm. APC!!! negative CHANJIII

When we all this end?

APC, only una waka come

God please take confusion to the camp of my enemies just like you took it to the camp of the APC..

Hehehehe! First APC divided into two factions, CPC (ruling party) and ACN (sit down dey look party)..

Now we're about to have three factions, CPC, ACN 1 and ACN 2!!!

APC is worse than PDP and only those blinded by hate, bigotry or financial assistance will fail to see this...

Season film

APC is not only fighting themselves in the National Assembly, they took this madness to the Senate by going to court to get an injunction to stop Godswill Akpabio from being minority Leader.

The combined forces of Ekweremadu and Akpabio will bring the much needed balance to the Senate and this the APC doesn't want.

IsraeliAIRFORCE:
APC is not only fighting themselves in the National Assembly, they took this madness to the Senate by going to court to get an injunction to stop Godswill Akpabio from being minority Leader.

The combined forces of Ekweremadu and Akpabio will bring the much needed balance to the Senate and this the APC doesn't want.

which force did ekeremadu have in 8years of being deputy senate president

Buhari is a terrorist - Elrufai
Apc Is bokoharam
Tinubu is a bastard
Osibanjo is a vagabond
Elrufai is a midget
Obasanjo is a monkey
Lier Muhammed is charlatan
Amaechi is a thief
Oshiomole is a scallywag
Kwankwanso is a cow
Ambode is a clown
Aregbesola is a nincompoop
Fashola is a hooligan
Oyegun is vulture
Delemomodu is pig
Igbokwe is a goat
Oby is a concubine
Rochas is a crook

Firefire:
Interesting...

The fight cannot end, watch out for SEASON 2

your own na to dey look for APC news up and down. You dey see APC for dream? jobless mofo. you are going to do this for the next 23 years OOOO....meaning, you are going to be wailing for the next 23 years....oboi....e don be for you oooo!

banki:



which force did ekeremadu have in 8years of being deputy senate president

Go and ask your fellow Js3 students.


If your memory serve you right, list his blunders while at it, ask ECOWAS Parliament about their Leader's (Ekweremadu's) performance

koboko69:


your own na to dey look for APC news up and down. You dey see APC for dream? jobless mofo. you are going to do this for the next 23 years....that is, you are going to be wailing for the next 23 years....oboi....e don be for you oooo!

Oga, is it because of that little prophesy that you are boiling over the lid? Hahahaha...get ready for hard reality.

I thought APC said zoning was bad way back

I'd like it if there's someone on Nairaland who will help to summaries long post like this. Call me Lazy but we all fall victims of not reading long post most of the time. GOOD MORNING. PS.......... HAS ANYONE NOTICED THAT FOR A WHILE NOW, TONTO HAS NOT BEEN ON FP?? PLEASE THE PRO SHOULD GIVE US INFO IF SIRE SEUN HAS............. OR MAYBE COX OF HER MARITAL STATUS.......* Sips teA. SMOKES WEED * WELL ITS NONE OF MY BUSINESS

dery craze nii ?

I have carefully analysed recent events and taken time to study a lot of what happened before during and after the Biafran war.

The truth is that if the Igbos succeed in pulling out of Nigeria, the Niger Delta might not completely be part of the new country but they will definitely also seek to be on their own and manage their resources. This would effectively leave only the SW and the North in Nigeria. If it turns out this way, the Yorubas most likely would also gently ask to be left to be on their own. At the end of it all, we go our separate ways.

Let me quickly add here that Igbo land is much bigger than the Nigerian politically defined SE. Should Nigeria break today, all Igbo-speaking parts of the SS will be part of our new country. The Igbos will force no tribe to be part of us, we will accept those that want to stay with us and those that don't want to be with us will be free to stand on their own or join any other groups they so wish. I am saying this loud and clear so that some people will not come here and start shouting, "We are not part of your Biafra, leave us alone, leave our oil alone."

The Igbos can do very well without oil. There are many countries in the world without oil and are doing very fine. Germany is the most powerful economy in Europe today and they don't have a cup of crude oil there. Israel moved into a desert and converted it into a country very comfortable for habitation. The list is endless. Recent trends have also shown that oil is becoming worthless by the day. What really matters for a nation to be great is the quality of human resources available.

For the parts of the SS that would choose to be part of the new country, we can accept to run a regional system of government between the core Igbo states and parts of the Niger Delta. We can even accept a solution such that both regions would take 80% of revenue accrued within the regions and contribute 20% to the center. This the Niger Delta can never get in this present Nigeria.

For those people from the SS always shouting leave our oyel, I want to tell you that the Northerners are already drinking your oil and have even become drunk on it. You are shouting at Igbos to leave your oyel whereas Northerners are taking the same oil from under your nose and you can do nothing. How myopic and sentimental can some people be?

On a closing note, I believe in one Nigeria but one where there is justice, fairness & equity. For me, Buhari should hand over to an Igbo man if Igbos are truly part of Nigeria. We are part of the big three and too big to be ignored.

abeg e too long jor me no fit read am

This story too long, summary pls

It is bound for misunderstanding to happen in any where buh the issue is how it is being handled...well I know nd pray for peace nd understanding among them...

The case is already in court.

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