One of the favoured candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress for the post of Deputy Speaker in House of Representatives, Benjamin Kalu, has denied they were handpicked by the camp of the President-elect, Bola Tinubu.
When he eventually spoke, he admitted that though he was optimistic of clinching the seat, he would not be afraid of returning as floor members, if he loses.
While stating that they didn’t take the APC micro-zoning of the leadership positions for granted, Kalu announced that they have begun the process of consultation to woo the support of colleagues regardless of their political affiliations. This is even as he boasted that his emergence and that of Kaduna lawmaker, Tajudeen Abbas, as consensus Speaker have further weakened the base of the coalition of members-elect otherwise known as the Greater Majority.
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