ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Thursday, May 19, 2022
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
Femi Gbajabiamila

Femi Gbajabiamila

APC Reps move against Gbajabiamila

byNasir Ayitogo
August 23, 2018
3 min read

Some members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus in the House of Representatives have criticised their leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, over an interview he had with PREMIUM TIMES.

In the interview published on Tuesday, Mr Gbajabiamila said APC has only one group in the House, dismissing suggestion of the existence of various groups of loyalists of President Muhammadu Buhari within the caucus.

This statement, it was gathered, angered members of the Pro-Buhari groups.

Aside the main caucus led by Mr Gbajabiamila as House Leader; there are two other groups, the Parliamentary Support Group coordinated by Abdulmumin Jibrin from Kano State; and another headed by a lawmaker from Sokoto State, Musa Sarkin-Ada.

All three groups proclaim to be loyalists of Mr Buhari and have committed themselves to the agenda of ensuring his re-election in 2019.

Some of the lawmakers, however, claimed Mr Gbajabiamila was plotting the removal of the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, merely to pave the way for him to emerge as speaker.

Angered by his statement in the interview, PREMIUM TIMES learnt that Mr Jibrin has begun circulating text messages to members of his own group for the removal of Mr. Gbajabiamila as House Leader.

Mr Jibrin was the arrowhead of the successful campaign for the election of Mr Dogara as Speaker in 2015 against the recommendation of the APC, until he fell out with the Speaker over alleged padding of the 2016 budget.

One of his text message to members seen by this newspaper read, “Hon Colleagues, I urge you to remain calm in the face of attempt to undermine our efforts by Hon Femi Gbajabiamila and Sarki Adar whose only interest is to install Femi as Speaker and instigate crisis in the house. We have repeatedly asked them to leave us alone in the PSG and return to the loyalist group where they proved their incompetence and killed the group. We remain resolute in our support for PMB and unity of the House of Representatives. In the next few days, we will decide if Femi will continue to be the House Leader as there are many competent members from South West that can perform better.”

Another text message Mr. Jibrin circulated to APC members in the early hours of Wednesday reads:.

“A honourable colleague forwarded this interview to me by house leader Hon Femi. How can the House leader claim that there is one APC caucus when it is a known fact that invitation to caucus meetings are selective? We all know that many of us were not notified/invited to the last caucus meeting with the national chairman for reasons best known to him.”

1X Bet AD

“We want to make it categorically clear to Hon Femi that he has not demonstrated uprightness, fairness, equity and justice and failed to carry everyone along and so some of us can not trust and follow him as leader of our caucus. We will announce our own leader on resumption. We will pick a competent member from the south west to lead us. There are many of them in the House. Everything from South West mustn’t go to Femi. We will meet the national chairman and Asiwaju to lay our case.

“We will not allow anybody to take advantage of our caucus and his so called support for our party and PMB to foster his personal ambition. He have never stood for the party or president except when he wants to advance his personal ambition. It is time to give others from the south west opportunity. The inclusion and exclusion style of Hon Femi has inflicted collateral damage to the unity of our caucus which has resulted to the present faction. And it is time to deal with it before he destroys our party.

“After making spirited but failed attempts through subterranean means to destroy the Parliamentary Support Group, he has factionalised the APC and that is how he wants to lead?”

Messrs Gbajabiamila and Jibrin were not available to respond to PREMIUM TIMES as they are said to be out of the country.

However, an APC lawmaker who does not want his name disclosed stated that the crisis had nothing to do with the Speaker, saying the lawmakers main grouse was Mr Gbajabiamila’s disregard for the various groups.

He added that the lawmakers have the right to choose their leader.

“If we want to change our leader, it is purely our business, there is no big deal,” the lawmaker said.

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

CITIZEN-FM AD


Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate



TEXT AD: To place an advert here . Call Willie - +2348098788999


JOIN THE CONVERSATION

  • Disqus (3)
premiumtimes





PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

Tears as Majek Fashek, Oritz Wiliki, others pay tribute to Ras Kimono

Next Post

Cleric jailed two years for N984,000 fraud

Nasir Ayitogo

Nasir Ayitogo

Nasir Ayitogo is a graduate of Theatre and Media Arts from Nasarawa State University, Keffi, where he also obtained a Masters's degree in Public Relations and Advertising. Twitter: @nastogo

More News

Former Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Nsima Ekere.

EFCC detains ex-NDDC MD, Nsima Ekere

May 18, 2022
Greenfield University, Kaduna

Police arrest Greenfield students kidnappers, others

May 18, 2022
Babatunde Fashola - Minister of Works

FEC approves N169.7bn for reconstruction of four roads via Tax Credit Scheme

May 18, 2022
APC Secretariat

APC adjusts timetable for primaries

May 18, 2022
Immediate past minister of transportation, Rotimi Amaechi

2023 Presidency: I cannot run against Amaechi – Jigawa Gov

May 18, 2022
Governor, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

EXCLUSIVE: Sokoto govt, WAEC in war of words over WASSCE registration

May 18, 2022
Next Post
Court

Cleric jailed two years for N984,000 fraud

South-East Governors [Photo: twitter.com]

FG replies South-east governors, says 69 federal projects executed in region

Read All Comment

Search

AUN-PT Ad





Transport-Technology


Stanbic Ad


Access Bank Ad





Glo Ad


Subscribe to News via Email

Enter your email address and receive notifications of news by email.

Join 1,841,318 other subscribers.

Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert



Zenith Advert

ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • #PandoraPapers
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Opinion
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.