SHOCKER: Speaker Aminu Tambuwal Dumps PDP for APC

The
negative
fortune of
the ruling
Peoples
Democratic
Party,
PDP, is
set to
deem even further as the Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal is set to
formally decamp to the leading opposition party in
the country, the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Speaker’s decision came as a shock to the
leadership of PDP, who earlier in December had
extracted a word of commitment from the House
leaders that member’s defection will no longer be
tenable.
National Mirror gathered that the Sokoto State
chapter of the APC has mandated its Tambuwal
Local Government chapter to formally present a
membership card to the Speaker who has been
asked by the state Governor, Aliyu Wamakko to
formally declare his stand.
It was gathered, however, that Tambuwal would
retain his seat as Speaker due to the numerical
strength of the opposition party as soon as he
decamps from the PDP and join the APC in January.
It will be recalled that the defection of some
members of the House of Representatives elected
on the platform of the ruling party into APC has
brought the number of the federal lawmakers of the
opposition party to 172. The PDP presently has 171.
The likely defection of Tambuwal will further alter
the equation in favour of APC in the House, with its
membership increasing to 173, with PDP coming
down to 170.
More PDP members in the House are also planning
to join Tambuwal as soon as he declares for APC.
A source in Tambuwal's camp confirmed the move
by saying:
"Mr. Speaker... is set to tap the numerical strength
of APC in the House to retain his seat. The defection
of Mr. Speaker is going to alter the political equation
in the House substantially because many other
members of the House are likely to join him to move
to APC.
“The speaker has made up his minds and he has
perfected the strategies with the leaders of APC and
he is not likely to go into APC alone as some of his
colleagues in the House have also decided to follow
him into the opposition party."
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