Tajudeen Abbas (APC, Kaduna) is on his way to becoming the speaker of the House of Representatives even as voting is underway in the green chamber.
In the election, which is being conducted by the deputy clerk to the National Assembly, with the open balloting method, Abbas is overwhelmingly in the lead.
Abbas is being challenged by immediate past deputy speaker, Hon. Idris Wase (APC, Plateau) and Hon. Aminu Sani Jaji (APC, Zamfara).
Abbas is the anointed candidate of the ruling APC and was nominated y Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa (APC, Kano) and was seconded by Hon. Nnolim Nnaji (PDP, Enugu).
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