Uproar in Bauchi Assembly as two Speakers emerge

Leadership crisis has engulfed Bauchi State House of Assembly with the emergence of two Speakers following the inauguration of the 9th Assembly on Thursday.

While the eight members of the minority People’s Democratic Party (PDP) with three other members of the majority All Progressives Congress (APC) in House elected Abubakar Y. Suleiman of the APC  representing Ningi constituency as the Speaker and Ahmed Kawule of the PDP representing Zungur/Galambi/Miri Constituency as the Deputy Speaker.

the other members of the APC who were prevented from gaining access in the hallow chambers of the Assembly elected the former Speaker, Kawuwa Shehu Damina as the new Speaker a development that has now caused political crisis in the state

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