All may not be well with the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Emeka Ihedioha as members loyal to the Speaker, Hon Aminu Tambuwal have begun moves to impeach him.
The defection of the Speaker has been said to cause cracks within the house with the PDP most affected and this is one of the principal reasons that led to the move to remove Ihedioha as Deputy Speaker of the House.
It was also alleged that he was disloyal to the Speaker Tambuwal loyalists are poised to counter any moves aimed at removing the Speaker.
The pro-Tambuwal lawmakers that cut across the PDP and the APC are threatening that Ihedioha would be the first casualty of the ongoing drama in the House, if an attempt to reconvene the plenary ever succeeded.
According to a reliable source, the lawmakers were baffled that Ihedioha would move to reconvene the House to pave way for the removal of Tambuwal at the instance of the Presidency.
He added that an impeachment motion against the Deputy Speaker is being drafted with many members signifying their interests to endorse the motion.
“We are alarmed at moves by the Deputy Speaker to reconvene the House somewhere this week in order to remove the Speaker.
“Therefore, we have resolved that Ihedioha will be the first casualty if he dares reconvene the House because he has been surviving because of Tambuwal’s protection.
“Most PDP members from the north and all APC members are in support of removing him.
“He survived several moves to oust him because Tambuwal and some powerful northern members have been protecting him but now that he is being pushed to bite the very finger that is feeding him, his days as deputy speaker are numbered.
“Unlike Tambuwal, Ihedioha does not have any personal touch with members. But the Speaker has touch and contacts with all the 360 constituencies in the country.
“Former Deputy Speaker Bayero Nafada was not like Ihedioha, his was always filled with members.
“Even members from Ihedioha’s zone in the Southeast are with us in this project which makes it easy for us to get the 240 votes to impeach him,” the source, who pleaded anonymity, said.
It would be recalled that Tambuwal had gone to court to challenge an attempt to remove him as the Speaker of the House of Reps following his defection to the APC from PDP.
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