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Home » Featured » NIGERIA – Gov Tambuwal, a chronic betrayer – Femi Gbajabimila

NIGERIA – Gov Tambuwal, a chronic betrayer – Femi Gbajabimila

July 16, 2022
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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabimila, has recalled how the Sokoto State Governor, Aminu Tambuwal, allegedly betrayed him in his (Gbajabiamila’s) earlier quest to become the Speaker.

Gbajabiamila noted that despite supporting Tambuwal to emerge Speaker of the House in 2011, the Sokoto governor abandoned him and lined behind Yakubu Dogara in 2015.

Gbajabiamila disclosed this in a recent book – “Mr Speaker: The Legislative Life, Service And Resilience of Femi Gbajabiamila” – written by two of his aides, Dr Charles Omole and Musa Abdullahi Krishi.

Narrating Gbajabiamila’s disappointment with Tambuwal’s decision to work against his quest to be the speaker in 2015, the authors wrote, “One good turn, it’s often said, deserves another.

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However, that seemed not to be the case between Tambuwal and Gbajabiamila when it was time for the Surulere 1 Federal Constituency lawmaker to have his own turn as a Speaker in 2015, following the victory of the APC at the polls.

“Tambuwal did not only oppose him, he also ensured that Yakubu Dogara defeated the man that first conceived the idea for him (Tambuwal) to be Speaker. Not only did Gbajabiamila work for Tambuwal’s emergence in 2011, he also stood by him through thick and thin throughout the four-year tenure.

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“For example, when there were attempts by the then executive arm to remove Tambuwal, following his defection to the APC, Gbajabimila, along with like-minded, had to scale the National Assembly gate to access the House chamber in order to forestall the plot.

“Coming to 2015, with all the sacrifices that Gbajabiamila made for Tambuwal, it was taken for granted that the (now) Sokoto State governor would support him to emerge Speaker. But the outgoing Speaker had another plan – to have Dogara succeed him.”

Giving an insight into how Tambuwal stabbed him in the back, Gbajabiamila opened up: “When the time came for the speakership election, it was taken for granted.

“I didn’t even lose any sleep over who Tambuwal was supporting; he had become widely popular in the House at the time.
“He was close to my family. So, we were surprised when we started hearing little things here and there. Even when I started hearing that he was supporting someone else, I thought it was not true, until I found out that it was true. He never told me. Even when I asked him, he said it was impossible. Such was the height of treachery.

“Don’t forget that beyond speakership, there were about seven to eight of us that started the Tambuwal project for president, and came very close to clinching the ticket. We supported him fully. We met every night till 2, 3, 4 in the morning.”

Gbajabimila added that he was most disappointed in Tambuwal’s move to block him from becoming House leader after losing the speakership to Dogara.

He lamented that; “Even to be House leader, Tambuwal opposed that as well. So, at that time in my head, I was like, there is something this guy (Tambuwal) is not telling me. You have gotten the speakership. That is the Dogara you wanted: you are now resisting my being leader? Be that as it may, I was patient enough and even gained more experience in those four years.

“The party called me because it was even a mock election at the time. The chairman and all the executives of the party and members were there. I said, well, it has nothing to do with me. Monguno was the choice of the North East, and it will be the North East that will have to determine or decide whether they wanted to drop Monguno. It wasn’t my prerogative.

“The second time, I believe, it was Governor Yari and Tambuwal; they tried to broker a deal, that I should drop Monguno and have Dogara deputise me.

I could not bring myself to dumping someone I had been working with, and I told them that they should go and talk to Monguno, not me; and that if Monguno accepted, so be it.

“I was not brought up that way. I could easily have done that, but I wasn’t going to do it. So, I was ready to sink or swim with my partner at the time. That’s exactly what happened.”

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