APC reps-elect overwhelmingly vote Gbajabiamila as next Speaker

                            

House of Representatives members-elect under the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, have elected Hon. Femi Gbajiabiamila as the candidate they would queue behind to become the next House of Reps speaker.In a highly transparent primary election conducted on Saturday in Abuja, and witnessed by the APC Chairman, John Odigie-Oyegun, and other NWC members of the party, Hon. Femi Gbajiabiamila polled 154 votes to defeat his closest rival, Yakubu Dogara, who garnered 3 votes. The number of invalid votes was 4.

The National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Lai Muhammed, had told newsmen that the major contenders agreed to sign an undertaking to accept whatever is the outcome of the primary election.

For the position of deputy speaker, the incoming APC reps members gave Hon. Tahir Monguno, who was the sole candidate in the primary election, 153 votes, while the invalid votes amounted to 8.

APC controls overwhelming majority of seats in the Green Chamber.

National Secretary of the APC, Malam Ibrahim Bala Gubi, served as the returning officer during the election.