Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal wants to defraud the Nigerian supreme law! - Dickson Iroegbu

Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal

It is no more news that the speaker of the lower chamber defected to the APC, the withdrawal of his Aides and his recent fight back to the FG. These issues has generated comments from many Nigerians amongst them is Dickson Iroegbu a film maker and public analyst, who thinks Rt. Hon Tambuwal has missed a golden opportunity to set the right precedence by resigning honourably. He further quoted Section 109-(1) which states thus,

“A House member shall vacate his seat in the House if – “being a person whose election into the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that house was elected.

 “Constitution should be Supreme

The Constitution of Nigeria is the supreme law of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Nigeria has had a series of constitutions. The current constitution was enacted on 29 May 1999, inaugurating the Nigerian Fourth Republic. No government of a federation anywhere in the world gangs up against itself. Section109-(1): “A House member shall vacate his seat in the House if – “being a person whose election into the House was sponsored by a political party, he becomes a member of another political party before the expiration of the period for which that house was elected. The spirit of law is the originality of the new Nigeria we are yearning for in our country. It is therefore the duty of the Nigerian Police to enforce the law, and the 1999 Constitution as Amended 2011 is the supreme law in our land.

Comrade Dickson Iroegbu 

I personally think that the Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal and all of us have missed a golden opportunity to set the right precedence. The Speaker of the House of Representatives not resigning honourably is terrible precedence for a new Nigeria. It smears the National Honour conferred on him by the government; it damages the integrity of our sovereignty. We are a sovereign nation only WHEN our constitution is held supreme at all times.”