Security details of Tambuwal withdraw by FG

Reports reaching
Daily Trust indicate
that all the security details attached to
Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu
Waziri Tambuwal have been withdrawn by
the Federal Government .
Tambuwal formally announced his defection
from the ruling Peoples ’ Democratic Party (PDP )
to the opposition All Progressives Congress ( APC )
last Tuesday.
“ Early this morning, few minutes after
midnight to be precise, top level security report
informed the Speaker that orders have been
given for the withdrawal of his security
details .”
The withdrawal of his security details may
not be unconnected with his defection from the
PDP which didn ’t go down well with the party
and the presidency.
The PDP had on Tuesday called on Mr .
Tambuwal to resign his position as Speaker
having left the party that brought him to the
House of Representatives in 2011.
Tambuwal received a warm welcome on
Wednesday , a day after his formal defection
at the extraordinary national convention of
the APC in Abuja when he showed up at the
convention ground accompanied by 160 of his
APC colleagues.
He later addressed the convention expressing
his delight in joining the APC and said he
has embraced the APC platform as an
instrument for genuine change and enduring
national development.
As the number four citizen of the country in
the hierarchy of protocol , the Speaker is
entitled to a round the clock security made up
of men from the Police, Civil Defence Corps and
the Department of State Security (DSS ).
Our source said Tambuwal was told that “ a
verdict will be entered against him by a Court
in Abuja on Thursday . The thing here is that
why not wait for the verdict before any action
is taken ? ”
Efforts to reach the Speaker have so far proved
unsuccessful . Calls and SMS sent to his
spokesman Malam Imam Imam, have so far
remained unanswered .

SOURCE: DAILY TRUST