The security details attached to the Speaker
of the House of Representatives Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal has been reportedly
withdrawn by the Federal Government.
It was gathered by Daily Trust that the
security details were withdrawn in the early
hours of this morning.
“ Early this morning, few minutes after
midnight to be precise, top level security
report informed the Speaker that orders have
been given for the withdrawal of his security
details,” a source said.
Tambuwal, as speaker, is entitled to high-
level security made up of men from the
police, Civil Defence Corps and the
Department of State Service (DSS).
Tambuwal had on Tuesday, October 28,
2014, formally announced his defection from
the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) to the
opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
Federal Government withdrawing his security
details may not be unconnected with his
defection.
Following his defection, the PDP national
leadership had said the “honourable and
responsible” action for the speaker would be
to resign from his position as Speaker
having left the party that brought him to the
House of Representatives in 2011.
The PDP also acknowledged it may lack the
two-third support which is required to force
the speaker out.
The speaker received a standing ovation on
Wednesday when he led more than 50
members of the house to the APC mini
convention in Abuja.
Tambuwal, a three-term member of the
House, was elected into the House of
Representatives on the platform of the All
Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP).
He has held several offices in the House. In
2005, he became the Minority Leader of the
House until he defected to the PDP. Upon his
re-election to the House in 2007, he was also
elected the Deputy Chief Whip.
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