BREAKING: Tajudeen Abbas Becomes Speaker of House of Reps

By Dipo Olowookere

Mr Tajudeen Abbas has been elected as the Speaker of the House of Representatives by members-elect after he was nominated by the outgoing Majority Leader of the House, Mr Alhassan Ado-Doguwa.

The new Speaker, who is taking over the lower chamber of the parliament from Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, the new Chief of Staff to President Bola Tinubu, hails from Kaduna State.

At the voting on Tuesday, Mr Abbas polled 353 votes to defeat his rivals, Mr Idris Wase and Mr Sani Jaji, who garnered three votes each.

He has since taken his oath of office, while Mr Benjamin Kalu has been voted unopposed as the Deputy Speaker of the House of Reps.

Details later.