Democratic Party, PDP, is set to dim 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."
2014 is going to be the year of real politics…!
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