APC Blasts - Those Calling For Tambuwal’s Removal Are Ignorant

With calls for the removal of House of Representatives
Speaker Aminu Tambuwal increasing, following his
defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the leadership of the party
has moved in his defence.
The National Publicity
Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Thursday
in Abuja said that those calling for Tambuwal's removal
were ignorant.
"For those who say Tambuwal should resign, I want to refer
them to the extant laws and constitutional provision of the
house," said Mohammed.
"It states that if a person leaves a party on the platform by
which he came into the house to another party, he should
resign, except where it can be proved that there is a crisis
or a faction within his party."
The APC national secretary claimed that the crisis in the
ruling party was known to everybody.
"Even a blind man today knows about the crisis that led to
the ousting of the former Chairman, Bamanga Tukur; seven
governors walked out of their convention.
"It led to the creation of the new PDP, led to 37 honourable
members and 15 senators decamping to APC, among other
reasons," Mohammed noted.
He also argued that "there's no provision in the constitution
that says the speaker must come from the majority but
from one of the members," adding that Tambuwal
became the speaker by "his ability to attract followership,
as he was not the preferred candidate.
"The only way to remove him is when two-thirds of
members remove him; so we have no law or moral right on
why he should resign as speaker."
Mohammed expressed his joy at having the speaker in the
APC fold, saying it would help the party's fortunes.