A member-elect representing Etsako Federal Constituency of Edo State, Philip Shaibu, has disclosed that ongoing crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress, APC, was not fueled by the emergence of Femi Gbajabiamila as the next Speaker of the House.
DAILY POST reports that crisis broke out in the ruling party after Gbajabiamila, polled 154 out of the 183 votes cast by members who registered for last Saturday’s mock election organised by the party.
The camp of the Chairman, Committee on House Services and a contender for the top position, Yakubu Dogara, had walked out of the exercise, saying the election should be cancelled.
Addressing newsmen in Benin on Monday, Shuabu averred that action of the aggrieved lawmakers would not affect the emergence of Gbajabiamila as Speaker, which he said was “an internal arrangement”.
The lawmaker-elect said, “It is not affecting anything; it’s an internal arrangement. As I speak to you, both those that walked out and those that are in, we are working together to produce a Speaker of our own. We freely have chosen Honourable Femi Gbajiamila and Honourable Muhammed Monguno as our Deputy Speaker.
“There is no going back about it. These people were not imposed on us. They were chosen by us; they were not influenced by anybody externally. We decided and we cast ballot to choose them and the wish of the majority, which is overwhelming, has to have its way”.
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