Gbajabiamila Has Been Elected Speaker House of Reps (Photo)
House of Representatives members-elect on the platform of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) have elected Honourable Femi Gbajiabiamila
as their candidate for the next House of Reps Speaker, with Tahir
Monguno as his Deputy.
At the primaries conducted on Saturday in Abuja and witnessed by the APC Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, and other National Working Committee members, Gbajabiamila polled 154 votes to beat second place, Yakubu Dogara, who could only manage three paltry votes. Four invalid votes were recorded in the election.
Dogara would have to accept defeat and back Gbajabiamila when election
for Speaker at the House of Reps is held after agreeing to honour the
results of the mock election.
Prior the election, National Publicity Secretary of APC, Alhaji Lai
Muhammed, told journalists that the major contenders agreed to sign an
undertaking to accept whatever is the outcome of the primary election.
It would be recalled that the APC have 214 members in the House of Reps against the Peoples Democratic Party’s 125 lawmakers.
Three other political parties, Labour Party, the All Progressives Grand
Alliance and Accord Party, share the balance of 10 seats, bringing the
total to 360.
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