Edwin Clark, a chieftain of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called for truce in the tussle surrounding the emergence of minority leadership in the House of Representatives.
Clark urged his party, the PDP to face issues of national interests as the main opposition party and allow peace to reign in the 9th Assembly.
Clark said that the tussle was unnecessary, advising the PDP to accept the Ndudi Elumelu as announced by the Speaker of the House Assembly, Femi Gbajabiamila.
The PDP had on suspended Elumelu and six other members of House of Representatives for one month over their alleged involvement in the crisis.
Other suspended members are Wole Oke, Lynda Ikpeazu, Anayo Edwin, Gideon Gwadi,Toby Okechukwu and Adekoya Abdul-Majid.
“I believe that if there are about 141 opposition members in the House of Representatives and 121 of them belong to PDP, the other 20 members are members of the House and they must be consulted.
“So if the members of the House who are in opposition all agree that this is what we want to do, I will appeal to PDP to face larger problems in this country.
“Ruga is there and there are many other things in this country that are going wrong. PDP should play the role of opposition effectively in those areas and leave this matter. It is done.
“If the Speaker has already announced that this is the minority leader now there is nothing anyone can do.
Clark urged that democracy should be allowed to prevail and institutions should be allowed to do their jobs in the country.
(NAN)