Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal Monday said he is yet to formally dump the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mr. Tambuwal earlier on Monday, attended the meeting of APC in his home State, Sokoto during which he was said to have picked a membership form.
Reacting to media reports about his purported defection, the Speaker who spoke through his Media Adviser, Imam Imam, confirmed that he attended a meeting with APC ‘family’ in Sokoto to discuss the political future of the State.
However, he insisted that he was still consulting on the matter hence, still a member of the ruling PDP.
The statement issued by Imam reads:
“Due to various media inquiries about the purported defection of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, we wish to state the following:
“1. That today, Monday, 20/10/2014, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Tony Anenih, led other members of the party on a reconciliation meeting in Sokoto but the Speaker of the House of Representatives and a member of the NEC of the PDP, Rt. Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal CFR, was not invited to the meeting.
“That Rt. Hon Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was later invited by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko, to attend the meeting of their political family to discuss the political future of Sokoto State.
“That the Speaker, Rt. Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, duly obliged and attended the meeting.
“That the meeting had in attendance prominent Sokoto citizens, many of who have no known political affiliation. The most notable been the Sardauna of Sokoto and former Minister of Finance, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji.
“That consultation on the Speaker’s political future continues and the outcome will be made public at the appropriate time”.
