Police authorities are set to reinstate the security details of the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, weeks after
it was withdrawn in the wake of his defection from the PDP to the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
A source at the Nigeria police headquarters in Abuja indicate that the police will
hinge its decision on the emergence of Tambuwal as the governorship candidate
for the APC in the forthcoming general election.
Tambuwal defeated four other contestants to emerge Sokoto APC governorship
flagbearer yesterday and will now slug it out with candidates from other
political parties next February during Nigeria's elections.
"We still believe the Speaker is not entitled to security based on his decision to
defect. The constitution is very clear on that, and we are defending our position
well in court.
"However, since Tambuwal is now a candidate of a major political party in
Sokoto, convention requires that the Police protects him. The Federal
Government takes the security of leading candidates very seriously as such we
will restore security to Tambuwal and at the same time provide same for all the
leading candidates in all states of the Federation.
"If the Police feels at any given time that the security of candidates is under
threat, we are bound by law to come in and provide security. If you recall really
well, the governorship candidate of the then ruling ANPP was murdered in Borno
very close to the election, since then we reviewed our internal security
arrangements and decided to notch security around candidates a bit high," the
source stated.
When asked if the same number of men earlier withdrawn from Tambuwal will
be restored, the source declined to answer, saying only that the police high
command will determine such a decision.
Reports indicate that the Federal Government has directed all security agencies
to ensure zero casualties especially of candidates for the forthcoming elections.
The directive is said to be boosted by recent success of the government troops
in their fight against the insurgency in the North-Eastern part of the country.
Speaker Tambuwal's office could not be reached for comments.

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Is the police IG now ready to recognize Tambuwal as the speaker of the house of reps?

Tambuwal no shaking.

The ig of the president should just say the fire on his bottom is hot.Mr Speaker is teaching them political combat.
Next time,an ig of Nigerian police will act with decorum.
Police are not supposed to be area boys or political thugs.