The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Aminu Tambuwal, again, on Monday, postponed his rumoured bid to defect to the All Progressives Congress.
But he attended a meeting convened by the Sokoto State Governor, Aliyu Wamakko, an APC member, to discuss the political future of the state.
Tambuwal said he was still consulting and would brief Nigerians very soon on his final decision.
Nigerians are already used to this line, which has always been Tambuwal’s response to inquiries over his political future.
His office said in Abuja on Monday night that a reconciliatory mission of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party to Sokoto State on Monday did not invite the Speaker to attend a meeting of the PDP stakeholders in the state.
The BoT members were said to have been led by the Chairman, Chief Tony Anenih.
A statement by Tambuwal’s Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Imam Imam, claimed that the Speaker was not invited to the meeting.
However, the statement added that a separate meeting convened by Wamakko, invited Tambuwal to discuss the political future of the state.
The statement said Tambuwal obliged the invitation by attending the Wamakko meeting.
However, it said the Speaker was still consulting on his next political move.
The statement partly read, “That today, Monday, 20/10/2014, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Tony Anenih, led other members of the party to a reconciliation meeting in Sokoto but the Speaker of the House of Representatives and a member of the NEC of the PDP, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal (CFR), was not invited to the meeting.
“That the Speaker, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal was later invited by His Excellency, the Executive Governor of Sokoto State, Alhaji Aliyu 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 being the Sardauna of Sokoto and a former Minister of Finance, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji.
“That consultations on the Speaker’s political future continue and the outcome will be made public at the appropriate time.”
It was learnt that Tambuwal was originally billed to announce his defection to the APC after the meeting, but later heeded “a wiser counsel” to consult more before making the final move.
Tambuwal has for long been linked with a move to join the APC.
At a point earlier in the year, it was rumoured that the opposition party was courting him as a possible presidential candidate.
However, a “ Plan B” is said to be programmed to make him Wamakko’s successor.
Tambuwal merely kept sealed lips over the issue and whenever he spoke at all, he told Nigerians he was consulting.
At the House, where he presides as Speaker, there is anxiety over his political future.
PDP insiders say the party may retrieve the speakership from him if he eventually defects to the APC.
The PDP now firmly controls the majority in the House.
But observers wonder whether the PDP could rally the support of 240 members (two-thirds) out of 360 to remove Tambuwal, should he defect to the APC.
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