Two top aspirants for the speakership position of the 10th House of Representatives, Aliyu Betara and Yusuf Gagdi, have withdrawn their candidacy in favor of Tajudeen Abbas, the preferred candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
This decision was disclosed following a meeting with President Bola Tinubu and Vice-President Kashim Shettima on Sunday June 11, 2023.
APC had officially nominated Abbas as their choice for Speaker and Benjamin Kalu for Deputy Speaker of the 10th National Assembly due to be inaugurated on Tuesday June 13, 2023.
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