It comes barely 24 hours before lawmakers resume plenary on Tuesday, October 7, and is believed to be part of a wider move by opposition members to take a unified position on the crisis rocking the caucus.
By Deborah Hassan
365Daily – The House of Representatives will on Monday, October 6, hold an emergency meeting on a lawsuit filed by Minority Leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, against all minority members of the 10th House.
The notice of the meeting sighted by 365Daily, was jointly signed by Rt. Hon. Agbedi Frederick (PDP), Hon. Afam Victor Ogene (LP), Hon. Muktar Umar-Zakari (NNPP), and Hon. Peter Uzokwe (YPP). It said the meeting, scheduled for 8 p.m. at The Envoy Hotel, Central Business District, Abuja, would discuss “recent developments in the minority leadership, particularly to review the lawsuit instituted by the Minority Leader against all members of minority parties in the 10th House of Representatives.”
It comes barely 24 hours before lawmakers resume plenary on Tuesday, October 7, and is believed to be part of a wider move by opposition members to take a unified position on the crisis rocking the caucus.
The minority bloc has been battling internal discontent in recent weeks, with members accusing Chinda of compromising the caucus’s independence and aligning too closely with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). Apart from Chinda, other minority principal officers include Hon. Ali JC Isa (PDP), Hon. Ali Madaki (NNPP), and Hon. George Ozodinobi (LP).
However, Chinda approached a Federal High Court in Abuja to seek an order stopping any attempt to remove him. Court documents dated September 15, 2025, show that he joined as defendants the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Tajudeen Abbas, the Clerk of the National Assembly, and opposition political parties. In his suit, he alleged that the move to remove him was being plotted by PDP lawmakers because of his closeness to the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.
Sources disclosed that the current tension was triggered by complaints over disparities in Zonal Intervention Project (ZIP) allocations, with several lawmakers alleging that principal officers received far more than ordinary members.
The outcome of Monday’s meeting is expected to determine the fate of the current minority leadership. There are indications that lawmakers across the PDP, LP, NNPP, and YPP caucuses are considering a coordinated position that could see a vote of no confidence passed on Chinda and his team once the House resumes on Tuesday.