Embattled erstwhile Minority
Leader in the House of Representatives, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, was sited at
the Presidential Villa, Abuja, on Friday, to seek audience with
President Muhammadu Buhari over the lingering leadership crisis in the House of Representatives.
the defeated house speaker came
to the presidential villa unaccompanied by any of his factional members and walked straight to the direction of
the president's office but returned shortly after.
It was not
certain whether he was able to meet the president as he declined to speak with
State House correspondents on his mission.
Gbajabiamila
narrowly lost his bid to become Speaker of the House of Representatives to
Yakubu Dogara despite being the choice for the post by his party, the All
Progressives Congress (APC).
His bid to become
the Leader of the House is also being resisted by the House leadership which
was reported to have zoned the position to the North West.
The House
leadership has however conceded the position to a member of the Gbajabiamila
group who must be from the North West in order to maintain the Federal Character
principle in the appointment of principal officers of the House.