BREAKING: Gbajabiamila emerges House Majority Leader

The House of Representatives has named Femi Gbajabiamila the majority leader, in a move likely to help calm a house frayed for weeks by leadership tussle while Rep. Alhassan Dogowa emerged as the Chief Whip.

The Speaker, Yakubu Dogara who announced this at the end of plenary, also said that
Rep. Baba Jibrin is the Deputy Leader and Rep. Pally Iriase as the Deputy Chief Whip.

The South East was however excluded in the sharing of principal officers position in the
ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
The position of Minority Leader went to Rep. Leo Ogor, the Deputy Minority Leader,
Chukwuma Onyema, Binta Bello, Deputy Minority Whip and Yakubu Umaru, Minority
Whip.
The announcement however attracted laud ovation from members who were chanting
Dogara is a leader.

Mr. Gbajabiamila emerged the All Progressives Congress caucus leader hours after the House leaders met with the leadership of the ruling APC in Abuja. The meeting was at the behest of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The house has been racked by leadership tussle since its inauguration June 9. Mr. Gbajabiamila, a former minority leader, was pushed for the speakership slot, but narrowly lost to Yakubu Dogara. Mr. Dogara’s rejection of the party’s demand that Mr. Gbajabiamila be
given the majority leader position, split the house into two factions, each insisting on its term for resolving the conflict.
Also, Ado Doguwa was named chief whip and Buba Jibrin, deputy
leader. Pally Iraise was named deputy whip.