“Leadership of APC in the state will not fold its arms and allow the ruling party to do anything contrary to the constitution of Nigeria.” Nigeria
Not long after the clerk swore Sulaiman and Dawule into office as Speaker and Deputy respectively for the ninth Assembly, Yusuf Vital, than other 18 members-elect loyal to immediate past Speaker, Kawuwa Damina , who was seeking reelection, conducted a parallel election.
Checks by The Guardian show that the 11 members that elected Sulaiman and Dawule, comprised PDP lawmakers, two and one others from APC and NNPP, who had arrived the House has early as few minutes to 7:am and elected Abubakar Sulaiman of APC and Dawule of PDP unopposed before their other colleagues arrived.
Before the new speaker, Sulaiman, adjourned proceedings indefinitely amid heavy security cordon at the entrance of the Assembly Thursday to avert any breakdown of law and order, The Guardian gathered that the Damina parallel camp owe allegiance to the immediate past governor, Alhaji Mohammad Abubakar.
The repeal process was undertaken within 30 minutes on the Assembly floor as the bill quickly passed first, second and readings under the watch of Damina, as speaker of the 8th Assembly, alongside other 12 members.
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