Two speakership aspirants — Aliyu Betara and Yusuf Gagdi — have stepped down for Tajudeen Abbas, the preferred candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC).
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Betara and Gagdi agreed to withdraw from the race after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima, on Sunday. The nomination of Abbas by the APC was rejected by some lawmakers, including Idris Wase, the immediate-past deputy speaker.Wase has insisted that he will contest the speakership position during the inauguration of the 10th national assembly on Tuesday.
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