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Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Alhaji Aminu Tambuwal (Photo: hallmarknews.com)
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Four months after withdrawing its
men from the service of Aminu Tambuwal, speaker of the house of
representatives, the Department of State Service (DSS) on Wednesday reversed
its decision.
TheCable reports:
Sources
at the DSS headquarters said the operatives were asked to return to their
“assignment” after a reconsideration by the authorities. No
further details were disclosed but TheCable understands that the operatives
resumed work around 5pm.
DSS withdrew its operatives
on November 3, 2014 after Tambuwal announced his defection from the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) to All Progressives Congress (APC) on October 28.
The police were the first to
withdraw their men on October 30, arguing that Tambuwal
had, by his defection, lost his position as speaker
based on the provisions of the 1999 constitution.
Initially,
the DSS retained its operatives but followed suit four days later without
giving any official explanation.
Men
of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) were the only ones
providing security for the speaker.
But President Goodluck
Jonathan has since seemed to recognize Tambuwal as speaker after inviting him
to the national council of state meeting early February and sending Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala, the finance minister, to hold discussions with him on the 2015
budget.
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