PDP ORDERS DEFECTED SPEAKER, TAMBUWAL TO QUIT..... Says, the Speaker, as a responsible elected officer, knows fully well what is needful and honourable of him since his new party is in the minority.

Please, somebody tell Tambuwal that he cannot eat his cake and have it!

The ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) on tuesday demanded the resignation of Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Speaker of House of Representatives following his defection.
Tambuwal crossed the floor to the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday.

PDP, through it's Publicity Secretary, Olisa Metuh said, Resigning from the post was the "needful and honourable" thing.
"The National Working Committee of the People's Democratic Party (PDP) has met with PDP leaders in the House of Representatives concerning the defection of the Speaker, His Excellency Honorable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to the APC,"

The statement reads,
"After a thorough consideration of the matter, the NWC came to a conclusion that the Hon. Speaker, as a responsible elected officer, knows fully well what is needful and honourable of him since his new party is in the minority."

Metuh said PDP was mindful of the fact that Tambuwal became Speaker on the platform of the PDP as the political party with the majority of seats in the House of Representatives.
"This incontrovertible fact has not changed," the statement read.
The Speaker in his defection notice said his decision was "in line with the extant provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria."
He expressed appreciation to his colleagues for the "unflinching" support.

You cannot eat your cake and have it!