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9th NASS: Okorocha's son-in-law Nwosu makes powerful declaration ahead of inauguration of lawmakers-elect

- Uche Ñwosu has assured that his party would support those backed by President Muhammadu Buhari for NASS leadership

- The Governor Rochas Okorocha's anointed candidate of Action Alliance said his party will continue to be loyal to the president even after election

- Unwosu lamented that his party played into the hands of bad politics during the 2019 general elections

Governor Rochas Okorocha's anointed candidate of Action Alliance (AA) in the 2019 Imo guber election, Uche Ñwosu, has given an assurance that his party would support those backed for NASS leadership by President Muhammdu Buhari.

Speaking in Imo state, the AA governorship candidate said the federal lawmakers elected on the platform of his part will partner with their colleagues of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to ensure that Femi Gbajabiamila emerged the next speaker of the House, The Nation reports.

Legit.ng notes that Nwosu's party, Action Alliance, won three federal seats in Imo state during the February 23 National Assembly election.

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Nwosu noted that the party supported President Buhari in the recently conducted general election, adding that it would still support the decision of the president on the selection of House speaker and Senate president.

He said: “In 2019 we played wrong politics like we did in 2015, where we decided to look the other way, forgetting that the main thing comes from the national, so making wild claims and shouting about the leadership of the National Assembly now is a big problem because what did we being to the table in the first place.

''The state governor Rochas Okorocha has been shouting that we should not make the same mistake we made in 2015 so that we can be part of the system in 2019.

''So I agree with president totally, our people in the House of Representatives should listen to whatever the President says, this is the time to support him, we should learn from our mistakes.

“I urge them to support President Buhari, if he has endorsed Femi Gbajabiamila, they should queue behind him, which is the best thing to do.”

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Meanwhile, Legit.ng previously reported that the Adamawa chapter of the All Progressives Congress(APC) had thrown its weight behind the candidatures of Senator Ahmed Lawal and Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila for the leadership of the 9th National Assembly Alhaji Ahmed Lawal.

The state organising secretary of the party, made the declaration in an interview on Saturday, April 13, in Yola.

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