Speakership Tussle: APC 'annointed' candidate, Gbajabiamila may be disqualified

Femi Gbajabiamila

A civil rights group, Social Justice and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative has filed a suit at the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court seeking disqualification of Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila from emerging as the Speaker of the House of Representatives tomorrow. Gbajabiamila was on Saturday selected as the consensus candidate of APC for speakership position in the 8th House of Representatives.

The suit is contending that Hon. Gbajabiamila is not morally fit to head the third arm of governance in Nigeria, alleging that he was previously ‎”convicted in the state of Georgia in 2007 for unethical practices and was debarred as a lawyer for 36 months”. The group also presented as evidence a copy of the order of the Supreme Court of Georgia.