The acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) Suleiman Abba has said he ordered the redeployment of its personnel attached to Speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal in compliance with provisions of 1999 constitution.

A statement by the spokesman of the Force, acting Commissioner of Police (CP) Emmanuel Ojukwu said the order was given because of the Speaker's defection from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) All Progressives Congress (APC).

The police said its decision relied on the provision of section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.

The statement reads: “In view of the recent defection by the Right Honourable Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, from the People Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC), and having regard to the clear provision of section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has redeployed its personnel attached to his office.”