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PHOTONEWS: Police Block, Teargas Nigeria Speaker And Members Of Parliament

November 20, 2014

The Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal, arrived the National Assembly today with a view to preside over the sitting of the House but fierce looking troops posted the stopped him at the gate. A melee ensued as a result.

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The Speaker of the House, Aminu Tambuwal, arrived the National Assembly today with a view to preside over the sitting of the House but fierce looking troops posted the stopped him at the gate. A melee ensued as a result.

Mr. Tambuwal, President Goodluck Jonathan and the ruling People’s Democratic Party are at loggerheads over the Speaker’s decision to decamp to the All Progressives Congress (APC) a few weeks ago.