The South-west caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has petitioned President Goodluck Jonathan against the emergence of Hon. Aminu Tambuwal as speaker of the House of Representatives and demanded an urgent review of the House leadership in favour of the zone.


Speaking to journalists in Ibadan yesterday, the Oyo State secretary of the party, Alhaji Basiru Akanbi, said the PDP state chairmen and secretaries across the zone had submitted the petition to the Presidency through Vice President Namadi Sambo and the National Secretariat of the party in Abuja. According to Akanbi, the posture of the South West caucus is that there is no going back on the zoning arrangement of the party, while Tambuwal’s election as the speaker of the House is not acceptable in the zone.



He decried what he termed relegation of the South-west from the Federal Government, saying the zone would not fold its arms and be sidelined in the affairs of the country. He said discipline must be installed among members of the party.

“The number four position in the country was zoned to South-west and we are ready to reclaim our position in the country. We all worked for the party to win at the federal level and we should be partakers of the sharing formular,” he said.Source:www.dailytrust.com