There was a mild drama at the House of Representative Thursday morning as Kingsley Chinda, the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) choice for the position of Minority Leader sat on the seat meant for the Minority Leader.
Speaker of the Reps, Femi Gbajabiamila had on Wednesday announced Ndudi Elumelu as Minority Leader which has pitted Chinda at loggerheads with the Speaker.
But the speaker has refused to recognise Chinda, despite several efforts at raising a point of order.
Gbajabiamila, contrary to PDP’s decision, named Ndudi Elumelu as the House Minority Leader.
The speaker said his action was based on a notice he received that Mr Elumelu was elected by 90 opposition lawmakers.
The action was, however, opposed by many PDP lawmakers which led to an abrupt end of plenary on Wednesday.
The opposition party had, in a letter, announced Mr Chinda as its leader in the House.
The party also nominated Chukwuka Onyema as Deputy Minority Leader, Yakubu Barde as Minority Whip and Muraina Ajibola as Deputy Minority Whip.
Both Messrs Chinda and Elumelu are PDP members.
