The security detail withdrawn from the speaker, House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, by the Department of State Services (DSS) has been restored.
Tambuwal’s spokesman, Imam Imam, who confirmed the development in Abuja, stated that only the DSS had restored its men earlier withdrawn from the speaker.
Tambuwal’s security detail was withdrawn on October 30 after his defection to the APC.
The inspector-general of police (IGP), Suleiman Abba, had ordered the immediate withdrawal and redeployment of all security aides attached to Tambuwal at the time.
Abba’s order was contained in a statement signed by the force spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu.
The IGP, in the statement, had said: “In view of the recent defection by the Rt. Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal to the APC, and having regard to the clear provision of Section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has redeployed its personnel attached to his office.”
The national publicity secretary of the APC, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had in a statement described the withdrawal of the speaker’s security detail by the IGP as “a usurpation of the role of the judiciary by the IGP, especially bearing in mind that the question of the interpretation of Section 68(1)(g) of the Constitution on which the IGP anchored his illegal act is currently before the courts for resolution.”
The sergeant-at-Arms, the security arm of the National Assembly, had served as his detail during the absence of the official security detail.
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