DEPUTY Speaker, House of Representatives, Honourable Emeka Ihedioha,
appears to have landed in trouble, for hosting the Speaker, Honourable
Aminu Tambuwal, to a reception, after the latter’s defection to
opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
Sources in the National Assembly has it that President Goodluck
Jonathan and leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were angry
with the Deputy Speaker for hosting Tambuwal to a warm reception, few
hours after the Speaker defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to APC.
But the spokesman of Ihedioha, Oke Epia, on Thursday, said the allegation that Ihedioha hosted Tambuwal was not true.
He stated that the duo could meet as presiding officers of the House and not as party members.
“Are they saying the deputy speaker is no longer a chieftain of the
PDP? I can tell you that his loyalty is unshaken. He remains committed
to PDP. These are political times and all sort of things could be raised
by political opponents,” he said.
Sources, however, said the
meeting between Tambuwal and Ihedioha took place at the Deputy Speaker’s
guest house in Pope John Paul Street, off Gana Street, Maitama, Abuja.
“Ihedioha has been asked to explain whose master he has elected to
serve; because we cannot understand why he chose to host Tambuwal to a
warm reception, a few hours after he defected from our party to APC.
“Is the deputy speaker with us or he is planning to move to APC with
his boss? The PDP deserves an answer from him,” a source said.
The source further said at this “critical moment of political decision,”
President Goodluck Jonathan wanted to be very clear on whose side
Ihedioha belonged.
This news is coming from the stable of CKN NIGERIA
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