The Kingsley Chinda-led Minority Principal Officers might have lost out in the contest for the Minority leadership race for the House of Representatives.

This followed the endorsement of the Ndudi Elumelu Minority Leadership by the Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Elumelu as Minority Leader-led, Toby Okechukwu, Deputy Minority Leader; , Gideon Gwani, Minority Whip; and Adesegun Adekoya, Deputy Minority Whip, as well as other members visited the BoT Chairman, Senator Walid Jibrin in his residence where they pledged their allegiance to the PDP, while explaining how they emerged as Minority principal officers.

Elumele said his emergence was in accordance with the provisions of the House Rules that stipulate that members of opposition parties must select their own leaders.

He said: “We complied with the provisions of the law in arriving at selecting us and not only that sir, what is key is that out of 147 opposition members, 111 nominated us.

“You are father, our leader, we believe in you, we believe in PDP and to tell that we are loyal of PDP and we have nothing against PDP, it is just by the rules that minority parties in the House of Representatives must come together to elect those to lead them.

“On that we complied with provisions of the rules of the House.

“We promise you, we will not let even our immediate party down, we will be very, very mindful of the fact that we are in opposition and that the voice of the opposition must be heard.

“However, we will do it in line with ensuring that there is due respect for one another. What is important is for us to things that would enable this nation to move forward and ensure that there is mutual respect”.

In his response, the second Republic Senator said the selection was right, while warning that the party would defend the new team.

His words: “On behalf of over 100 members of the BoT, I want to congratulate you, we are talking with one voice, we have contested and we are together in bringing our honourable people from the House of Representatives.

“We are equally happy that the Chairman of the new team, must be happy, as a second Republic Senator, what you have done is what we did in the past and this is in order and I hope nobody will come to make any challenge.

“We are going to defend what you have done with the best of our ability that these people elected will remain in the House of Representatives.

“I want to assure you that we are in opposition but we are not on a blind opposition. We have to cooperate with others in order to make Nigeria forward

“The beauty is that this is the highest organ of this party and I assure you, we are behind you”.

The Kingsley Chinda group that announced him as Minority Leader, also had Chukwuma Onyeama as Deputy Minority Leader, Yakubu Barde as Minority Whip and Muraino Ajibola as Deputy Minority Whip.


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I think the speaker is in order to have recognized Elumelu and his groups as minority principal officers of the house. The positions belongs to all members of the minority caucus and not just PDP members alone. It is wrong for PDP NWC to try to impose their candidates on lawmakers from other parties. It is within the right of all members of the house minority caucus to chose their leaders and that’s what they’ve done.

Ndidi elumelu is just enjoying his brother's glory.

Lol Wike's lapdog Chinda just got his ass flogged

APC teaching PDP elementary politics 101.

Bastard learners

Chinda was among those stubborn PDP HOR members who hurriedly voted for Femi Gbaja without due consultations.

This is the reward.

Erediauwa:
Chinda was among those stubborn PDP senators who hurriedly voted for Femi Gbaja without due consultations.

This is the reward.

Shut up! Chinda neve supported Gbajabiamila...He is Wike"s lap dog.

NgeneUkwenu:


Shut up! Chinda neve supported Gbajabiamila...He is Wike"s lap dog.

In your bid to look smart, you ended up looking silly as you hurriedly jump into my mention like a wounded antelope without noticing your blunder @bolded. Your silly behaviour is why Nairalanders recognise you as a "Good for nothing fellow"

When you are matured enough to engage in a meaningful discuss without appearing like a mentally unstable person, then I might consider to have a political convo with you.

You can cry to the mods as usual.

Erediauwa:
Chinda was among those stubborn PDP senators who hurriedly voted for Femi Gbaja without due consultations.

This is the reward.

You just stay at home and manufacture things

seunmsg:
I think the speaker is in order to have recognized Elumelu and his groups as minority principal officers of the house. The positions belongs to all members of the minority caucus and not just PDP members alone. It is wrong for PDP NWC to try to impose their candidates on lawmakers from other parties. It is within the right of all members of the house minority caucus to chose their leaders and that’s what they’ve done.

Sir, you just spoke the minds of all Nigerians including PDP members. Mr. Speaker did the right thing and I am happy that PDP has been cut to size. Hon. Ndidu Elumelu-led minority team will work with the Progressives House of Rep. members to move Nigeria forward. This thing sweet me ehn!

AfonjaBoston:
Lol Wike's lapdog Chinda just got his ass flogged

APC teaching PDP elementary politics 101.

Bastard learners

Chinda and Ndudi are PDP... So what's your point exactly? Y'all so dumb you celebrate meaningless things.

So Na ontop ordinary minority positions Dem wan kill themselves? Oga oo

PDP can't put their house in order for such a low position. What would have happened if it was speaker that they were aiming at?

What goes around comes around

Flyingngel:
PDP can't put their house in order for such a low position. What would have happened if it was speaker that they were aiming at?

Have you sorted out the pain of rivers and Zamfara?
Remember Edo and Kogi is loading and I know your autocratic chairman will want to have his way as usual.
APC is not a party, it is just a matter of time when what holds them together becomes a contest then we know how they will survive the disagreements.
Mark my word.

The speaker was said to have received correspondence but didn't act on it. That's how people erode their support

PDP are the one now fighting seriously for the post of minority leader?..........

yekparikpa:
Chinda and Ndudi are PDP... So what's your point exactly? Y'all so dumb you celebrate meaningless things.

I agree with you. Just the same way Saraki and lawan, Dogara and Femi were in the same party in 2015.

they know what they saw

cost of rent around Nigeria

Has Tony changed his name?

Raise your hands if you thought it was Tony Elumelu.

Hmmmmnnnn karma is not blind he sees all actions

PDP, a party of thieves.

APC is not better shaa

Dumping and endorsing in Nigeria politics shall....


Please who knows the cost of flight from Lagos to Benin

To a New and better Nigeria we go.

God bless our darling nation.

End of thread!

PDP, a party of thieves.

APC is not better too

Confused party.