Aminu Iya Abbas, a member representing Uba/Gaya state
constituency in Adamawa State, has emerged speaker of the state
House of Assembly.
Abbas was elected unopposed Thursday during the inauguration of
the 7th Assembly in Yola after his opponents stepped down for
him.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had been on the verge of
losing the seat when four among the 13 members of the party in the
7th Assembly had been competing for it.
The party stepped in at the 11th hour, however, to make the
other three PDP contenders to drop their ambition and to support
Abbas.
Also, the immediate past speaker, Kabiru Mijinyawa who is of the
All Progressives Congress (APC) and who was also in the race,
decided to quit, clearing the path for Abbas to become the brand
new speaker.
Details shortly…
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