Senior APC lawmakers challenge Tinubu, APC’s consensus for House Speaker

Senior lawmakers of Nigeria’s ruling party have vowed to challenge their party’s choice for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that the ruling APC, on Monday, announced its adoption of Tajudeen Abbas (Kaduna) as its choice for the position of Speaker of the 10th House, which will be inaugurated next month. The APC said the choice was made after consultations with President-elect Bola Tinubu.

However, five ranking APC lawmakers, who had also declared their intention for the position, said Monday that would work together to challenge their party’s candidate.