Tension In Abuja As House of Reps Finally Moves To APC

For the first time in the last 14 years, a majority of the National Assembly in Nigeria is now dominated by the leading opposition party, the APC. The political development is highly unsettling. The stakes are high but the odds may even be higher, as the House Speaker, Rt Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, is set to unveil the reality.

The House of Reps is now revelling in jubilation over the fortunes recorded by the APC...

With the defection of Governors Chibuike Amaechi, Aliyu Wamakko, Murtala Nyako, Abdulfatah Ahmed and Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso to the APC, the political equation in Nigeria has changed drastically.

After a long battle with President Jonathan and the PDP leadership, the governors in concert with lawmakers controlled by them and other dissident PDP chieftains, defected to the APC.

The decision of the big shots to move over has become a subject for frenzied debate.

The defection of the governors have resonated in the National Assembly. Though the elation is controlled for now, but it is set to bob up to a frenzy this week when the defectors finally declare their allegiance for APC.