BREAKING: Tajudeen Abass polls 353 votes, emerges Speaker of House of Reps 

At the ongoing House of Representatives’ inauguration, the anointed candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Tajudeen Abbas, has crossed the winning margin in the ongoing election for the Speaker.

After a roll-call of members-elect, 359 out of 360 members are participating in the process.

There are three contestants in the race, with the winner expected to defeat the others by a simple majority.

Tajudeen Abass from Kaduna State is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress and the presidency while other contenders are Ahmed Idris Wase and Aminu Sani Jaji who are also members of the APC.

A significant majority of the members-elect have “openly declared” their votes for Abbas.