Unlike Police, Military Recognises Tambuwal As Speaker

The Nigerian armed forces today recognised the All
Progresssive Congress candidate for Sokoto state
governorship election, Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal
as the Speaker of the House of Representatives. Daily
Trust reports.
Deviating from the Nigeria Police stand of not
recognising Tambuwal, the armed forces duly recognised
Tambuwal at the Banquet Hall of the Presidential
Villa in Abuja today where President Goodluck
Jonathan launched the emblem for the 2015 Armed
Forces Remembrance Day Celebration.
The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba
had withdrawn Tambuwal’s security details on October
48 hours after he defected from the People’s
Democratic Party (PDP) to the APC.
Daily Trust reports that the programme for the
emblem launch on Monday addressed Tambuwal as the
speaker of the House of Representatives with the
speaker’s photograph.
The event is tagged “Appreciating the Nigerian Armed
Forces.

It will be recalled that Abba refused to recognise
Tambuwal as speaker on November 26 when the House
Committee on Police Matters summoned him to explain
why some of his men blocked Tambuwal and other
lawmakers from gaining access into the parliament
building and later tear-gassed them.