Speaker Tajudeen Abbas has administered the oath of office to 12 out of the 15 members-elect who received certificates of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, on Wednesday.
The 12 new members won last Saturday’s bye-elections and court-ordered rerun elections to fill vacant seats in the House of Representatives.
The inauguration was witnessed by Senator Ifeanyi Ubah, who recently decamped from the Young Progressive Party, YPP, to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, in solidarity with the YPP members.
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Four political parties—APC, PDP, YPP, and LP—won the rerun and bye-elections, while the elections into the Jalingo/Yorro/Sing Federal Constituency of Taraba State and Udenu Federal Constituency of Enugu State are still outstanding.
The other three members who have collected their certificates of return from INEC will be inaugurated at a later date.
The Speaker presented the new member’s copies of the House standing rules and the legislative agenda.
With the new development, APC now has about 188 members to maintain its majority status in the House.
Those who collected their certificates of return are Umar Garba Ngaski/Shanta/Yauri Federal constituency of Kebbi-APC; Ifeoluwa Ehindero, AKoko North East/North West of Ondo-APC;
Faud Kayode Laguda Surulere 1 federal constituency of Lagos-APC and Saleh Gabriel Zock Kachia/Kangaroo federal constituency of Kaduna-APC.
Others were: Daniel Asama Ago Jos North/Bases federal constituency of Plateau-LP; Rabiu Kamba Arewa/Dandi federal constituency of Kebbi-APC; Emma Ukpong Udo Ikono/Ini federal constituency of Akwa Ibom YPP; Dr. Emil Inyang Akamkpa/Biase Federal constituency of Cross River-APC; and Peter Uzokwe Nnewi North/Nnewi South federal constituency of Anambra YPP.
The rest are Chinwe Nnabuife Orumba North/Orumba South federal constituency of Anambra-YPP; Adamu Yakubu Birnin Kudu/Buji federal constituency of Jigawa PDP; Yusuf Umar Yabo Yabo/Shagari federal constituency of Sokoto-PDP;
Husseini Jallo Igabi Federal. Constituency of Kaduna-PDP; Yusuf Dalhat Tafoki Faskari/Kankara/Sabuwa of Katsina APC and Mohammed Buba Jajere Fune/Fune federal constituency of Yobe-PDP.
