Aminu Tambuwal Governor of Sokoto joined the defectors to the People's Democratic Party (PDP); the deputy governor of Kano followed suit as did lawmakers in both states...
Wike recently hosted Atiku and Aminu Tambuwal the APC governor of Sokoto State and once a possible successor to Buhari in Rivers State...
Others in the frame are Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso ex-governor of Kano and Aminu Tambuwal governor of Sokoto...
That party explains why many think that some other top APC politicians such as former governor of Kano State Rabiu Kwankwaso and the speaker of the national House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal might be tempted to defect to the PDP where they think they could more easily pick up the presidential nomination...
All the likely successors to Buhari – Senate President Bukola Saraki former Kano State Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal and Kaduna State Governor Nasir el-Rufai – will bide their time in 2018...
A former Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto; the President of the Senate Abubakar Bukola Saraki; and the Governor of Borno State Kashim Shettima are among the more ambitious hopefuls making overtures to Buhari but wary as rivals put their campaigns into gear and gather momentum...
Sokoto Governor since 2015 and a former Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal worked with Tinubu in the past...
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Officers under Mbu teargassed the House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal when he defected to the opposition at the National Assembly in Abuja (AC Blog 21...
Aminu Tambuwal the popular Speaker of the House of Representatives who defected to the opposition only in late October had been toying with the same ambition but is now planning to run for the governorship of Sokoto State (AC Vol 55 No 1 Economy billowing politics floundering)...
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The defections were announced by Aminu Tambuwal the Speaker of the House who is formally a member of the PDP but is thought to be ready to join the defectors...