egift:
APC beating PDP mercilessly. Jonathan is a "Gonner".

Rilwayne001:
Another bad news for pdp

baccaspace:
It takes a dumb man and a silly fellow to question Tambawal's continuous position as Speaker. Jonathanians and the PDP are the silliest people on planet earth

baccaspace:
Jonathanians are the most clueless people on planet earth

raumdeuter:
The House say Tambuwal is their speaker

The Police say he is not their speaker.

Why would the police speak on behalf of the House of Rep?

Doyin2:

The constitution of Nigeria is very clear. Tambuwal is still the speaker of the house!

Section 68(1) and 68(2) should be read together:

68. (1) A member of the Senate or of the House of Representatives shall vacate his seat in the House of which he is a member if -
(a) he becomes a member of another legislative house.
(b) any other circumstances arise that, if he were not a member of the Senate or the House of Representatives, would cause him to be disqualified for election as a member;
(c) he ceases to be a citizen of Nigeria;
(d) he becomes President, Vice-President, Governor, Deputy Governor or a Minister of the Government of the Federation or a Commissioner of the Government of a State or a Special Adviser.
(e) save as otherwise prescribed by this Constitution, he becomes a member of a commission or other body established by this Constitution or by any other law.
(f) without just cause he is absent from meetings of the House of which he is a member for a period amounting in the aggregate to more than one-third of the total number of days during which the House meets in any one year;
(g) being a person whose election to the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that House was elected;

Provided that his membership of the latter political party is not as a result of a division in the political party of which he was previously a member or of a merger of two or more political parties or factions by one of which he was previously sponsored; or
(h) the President of the Senate or, as the case may be, the Speaker of the House of Representatives receives a certificate under the hand of the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission stating that the provisions of section 69 of this Constitution have been complied with in respect of the recall of that member.

(2) The President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, shall give effect to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, so however that the President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives or a member shall first present evidence satisfactory to the House concerned that any of the provisions of that subsection has become applicable in respect of that member.



The intention of the law is also clear.According to section 68(2),Only the speaker SHALL implement section 68(1),upon any other member of the house.

I am of the humble opinion that the law intended to distinguish the SPEAKER from an ordinary member of the house.

LONG LIVE THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA!

IYANGBALI:
Gbam. Seconded.

egift:
APC beating PDP mercilessly. Jonathan is a "Gonner".

Clerverly:
Seun, Obinoscopy and Mynd44, why is this thread not on Frontpage for fairness sake?

abes:


The President of the Senate or the Speaker of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, shall give effect to the provisions of subsection (1) of this section

This is the key point.
Neither the president nor the IGP has the constitutional right to give effect to Section 68(1).

redcliff:


Lol. It always beats me anytime I see GEJ till 2019. I always ask what tangible thing can these people say this man has done for the country. Its just so evident that Nigerians can be daft always

b2k90:
Who be d majority of the HOR? Is it not PDP?
Keep deceiving urself

redcliff:


Lol. It always beats me anytime I see GEJ till 2019. I always ask what tangible thing can these people say this man has done for the country. Its just so evident that Nigerians can be daft always

Truckpusher:
On paper? YES.





APC getting irrelevant endorsement on social media and clearing all e-polls since 2011




GEJ TILL 2019.