The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal has dragged the Acting Inspector General of Police, Sulaiman Abba to court for withdrawing his security details after he defected to the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC.
Tambuwal arrived the federal high court in Abuja alongside his lawyers and some members of the House of Representatives around 1pm today to file his suit.
It will be recalled that the acting Inspector General of Police ordered the re-assignment of the policemen and escorts attached to the Speaker following his defection from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, to the opposition All Progressive Congress.
In the same vein, the speaker, his new political party, All Progressives Congress also prayed the court to forestall any moves to remove Tambuwal as speaker by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Tambuwal insisted that he remains the Speaker of the House of Representatives until the expiration of his current term which is 5 June, 2015.
He wants the court to make an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from taking any steps whatsoever to abrogate, diminish or infringe on his rights and privileges as the Speaker of the House of Representatives before the expiration of his current tenure.
Further more, the embattled Speaker wants the court to restrain INEC from accepting any nomination of candidates or otherwise organizing or conducting a ‘bye election for the purpose of replacing him or taking over his seat as the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
He also asked the court to make an order of mandatory injunction compelling the defendants to restore his security details all rights, benefits and privileges appurtenant to members of and the office of the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
He averred that he was not elected Speaker of the House of Representatives by reason of his membership of the PDP and that his defection from the party was due to crisis in the party which led to the emergence of two factions.
