As Speaker Aminu Tamuwal defects to APC, PDP(NWC) ask him to Resign

IS no more news that The Speaker of Nigeria's House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has formally defected from the People's Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressive Party, APC. The speaker made the announcement at exactly 12.24pm today October 28th during the plenary session of the House.
In a short speech, the speaker said his defection was born out of the yearning of his people in Sokoto state. There are speculations that he's planning to contest for governor of Sokoto State. The House has adjourned seating till December 3rd.
In a later reaction from the The National Working Committee (NWC) of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has asked Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, who formally defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) today, to resign his position as Speaker of the House of Representatives.

“After a thorough consideration of the matter, the NWC came to a conclusion that the Hon. Speaker, as a responsible elected officer, knows full well what is needful and honourable of him since his new party is in the minority [in the House]” the party said at the end of the NWC meeting.

In a polite statement signed by National Publicity Secretary Olisa Metuh, the PDP said it was not unmindful of the fact that Tambuwal became Speaker on its platform as the political party with the majority of seats, a fact it described as “incontrovertible” and “has not changed.”

Tambuwal abandoned the PDP today, thereby becoming the latest high-profile figure of the party to do so.  In 2011, he replaced the former Speaker, Dimeji Bankole, also of the PDP, who was toppled in a corruption scandal.  Bankole had himself in 2007 replaced by former hairdresser Patricia Etteh, also of the PDP, who had also been brought down by allegations of corruption and unauthorized spending.