A mild drama ensued at the house of representatives on
Tuesday as wives of Tajudeen Abbas, the new speaker, shoved each other for
recognition during the swearing in ceremony.
The incident occurred after Abbas had been elected speaker
by a landslide.
He defeated Idris Wase and Sani Jaji to win the election.
Abbas polled 353 votes, while Wase and Jaji got three votes
each.
All seemed to be going on well when Abbas was ushered onto
the stage to take his pledge of allegiance.
Kamoru Ogunlana, deputy clerk of the house, recited the
oaths for the new speaker to respond to.
Abbas was flanked on his left by his wife and Alhassan
Doguwa, lawmaker representing Doguwa/Tudun Wada federal constituency.
The routine event was, however, interrupted by another wife
of Abbas, who barged onto the podium and shoved the other wife aside.
The action appeared to have shocked Abbas, who halted his
oath rendering to exchange heated words with the wife who barged onto the
stage.
Despite the exchanges, none of the wives backed down as the
proceedings continued with both of them on the dais.
Abbas is a prince from the Zazzau emirate and holds the
traditional title of Iyan Zazzau.
He was a primary school teacher, a polytechnic and
university lecturer before his foray into politics in 2010.
He holds a masters degree and a PhD in business
administration.
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The moment Tajudeen Abbas' 1st wife pushed away the 2nd wife while he was being sworn in as Speaker.
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This new speaker is like he cannot able to control his family 100%
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