ABUJA (SundiataPost) – President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday met behind closed doors with the leadership of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), some governors and leaders of the House of Representatives on the platform of the party on how to tackle the defection of Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, it was gathered.
None of those in the meeting agreed to take questions from State House correspondents at the end of it.
The Speaker had on Tuesday defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest the governorship election of his home state, Sokoto, at the oncoming 2015 governorship election.
He had also adjourned the House till December 3 ostensibly to buy time and frustrate every moves to remove him as speaker.
Although there have been several calls on the Speaker to resign to allow another person from the ruling party take over from him as speaker, PDP will have to muster the two-third majority required in the House to impeach him.
Those who attended the meeting, apart from the party’s National Chairman, Adamu Mu’azu,
include the Chairman of PDP Governors’ Forum and Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, governors of Bayelsa, Henry Seriake-Dickson; Benue, Gabriel Suswam; Gombe, Ibrahim Dankwambo and their Enugu counterpart, Sullivan Chime.
Also in attendance were the Deputy Speaker of the House, Emeka Ihedioha; the Deputy Leader of the House, Leo Ogor; Chairman, House Committee on Health, Ndudi Elumelu amongst others.
The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) was also at the meeting.
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