Court Permits PDP To Declare Speaker Aminu Tambuwal's Seat Vacant

 A Federal High court in Abuja on monday December 1st gave the People Democratic Party permission to apply for a mandatory order compelling either the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, to declare the Kebbe/Tambuwal seat being held by Hon Aminu Tambuwal vacant following his recent defection to APC from the PDP.

 The PDP had dragged Tambuwal to court, asking the court to mandate him to declare his seat vacant and vacate his position as Speaker following his defect to the APC.

 Delivering his ruling, the presiding judge granted the PDP "leave to apply, by way of judicial review, for an order of mandamus compelling the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives to give effect to the provisions of Section 68(1)(g) of the Constitution by declaring the Kebbe/Tambuwal federal Constituency seat vacant.”.

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Speaker Aminu Tambuwal Arrested For Questioning On The Orders Of The Inspector General Of Police

 According to the Daily Trust The Inspector General of Police, Abba Sulaiman ordered the arrest of Speaker of the House of Representatives Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal.

 Daily Trust reports that a similar order has been handed down to the Department of State Security (DSS).

 This is coming barely 24 after the members of the House of Representatives were clashed with some security personnel at the National Assembly complex on Thursday.

 Sources at the Police headquarters revealed that the Police chief gave the order for Tambuwal arrest after a meeting with Vice President Namadi Sambo and the National Security Adviser Sambo Dasuki.

“I can confirm to you that the order for his arrest has been given today (Friday). The signal from the IG’s office specifically directed the FCT and Sokoto State commissioners of Police to serve Tambuwal with notice of invitation to the force headquarters and if he resists, he should be arrested immediately,” the source revealed.

 “The involvement of the Sokoto CP was because the Speaker was sighted in Sokoto on Friday where he picked the All Progressive Congress (APC) governorship form for the coming elections. It was assumed that he was out of Abuja as such other police divisions were involved in the matter.”

 Sources at the meeting in the Villa indicate that both the Vice President and the NSA chastised the Police boss for the failure of his men to prevent Speaker from entering the National Assembly premises.

 “The NSA was particularly angry and told the IG in clear terms that he doesn’t know his job. He said how did the Speaker and the members break a cordon organised by the FCT Police commissioner. The NSA then made it clear that the Police authorities must rectify the anomalies or they will face the consequences. The IG then said Tambuwal will be arrested for questioning.”

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Speaker Aminu Tambuwal Joins Presidential Race

 The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, who recently dumped the PDP for APC, has joined the 2015 presidential race. According to reports, he picked up his presidential nomination and expression of interest forms this past Monday November 10th.

 He joins former Head of State Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, former VP Atiku Abubakar, Kano State Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and the Publisher of Leadership newspapers, Sam Nda-Isaiah, in the APC presidential race. Who would you vote for come 2015?

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PDP Tells Speaker Tambawal To Resign, After He Defects To The APC

 Aminu Tambuwal who became the Speaker of the House of Reps on the platform of the PDP but recently dumped the party for the APC. 

 The PDP is now asking Aminu Tambuwal to resign. In a statement released by the party, he was told to do the needful... Read below:

"After a thorough consideration of the matter, the NWC (National Working Committee) came to a conclusion that the Hon. Speaker, as a responsible elected officer, knows full well what is needful and honourable of him since his new party is in the minority. We are not unmindful of the fact that Hon. Tambuwal became Speaker on the platform of the PDP as the political party with the majority of seats in the House of Representatives and that this incontrovertible fact has not changed”. the PDP said...

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‘Nigeria’s corruption rating embarrassing’- House Speaker

Speaker of the House of Represen-tatives Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has described as embarrassing the recent ratings of Nigeria by the Transparency International as the world’s 35th most corrupt country in its 2012 report.

 Speaking when he received in audience members of the Anti-Corruption Network led by its Executive Secretary, Dino Melaye, in Abuja yesterday, Tambuwal said the Federal Government was not ready because “we are behaving as if it is not a problem, we seem to be condoning it.

 If we talk in the parliament some people will not want it then how are we going to address this major challenge?” Speaking earlier, Melaye called on the House to remove immunity clause from the constitution, remove the powers of the President to appoint heads of anti-corruption agencies.

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