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 More trouble is brewing for the All Progressive Congress (APC) as its endorsement of House leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, as the 9th House of Representatives speaker was rejected by a north-central elders' forum. The forum during a press conference on Tuesday, April 9, in Abuja announced its support for the deputy house leader of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, as the next speaker.
        Speaking for the forum, Muhammadu Ari-Gwaska said the group threw its weight behind Wase after due consultations and because of his wide experience as a lawmaker. The group, said it believed that another contestant from the zone, Umaru Bago, would step down for Wase, while also vowing to resist attempt to shortchange the north central zone in power sharing. Ari-Gwaska said: ''The people of this zone have over the years molded our diversity into a strong quilt that has strengthened us with the capacity to engage and interrogate the exogenous manipulation of power, leadership and patronage among the comity of nations to bring into sharp focus the understanding of our place as a bridge in the Nigerian Project.''
         The forum urged the ruling party to reverse its endorsement of the Lagos lawmaker Gbajabiamila and field in Wase as its candidate for the prestigious position.  APC chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, had earlier announced the party's endorsement of both Senator Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila for the positions of Senate president and House speaker respectively. The decision has, however, generated ripples of controversy as other federal lawmakers eyeing the positions kicked, in what set the track for a repeat of the 2015 political theatrics.