40 members of the House of Representatives were reported to have held a secret breakfast meeting in Abuja yesterday. They are lawmakers loyal to the Bamanga Tukur.

It was gathered that the meeting was held behind closed soors in Plateau Hall of the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.

Barely a few hours after the meeting, the President removed his Special Adviser on National Assembly Matters, Mrs. Joy Emordi, as part of a new strategy by the Presidency to take control of the National Assembly.

Emordi was alleged to be using the carrot and stick method in dealing with National Assembly members instead of going for the stick policy.

CEOAFRICA.com gathered from sources that the 40 House members met to review the disruption of the visit of the Kawu Baraje faction to the House on Tuesday and how to form a “standing army” to resist moves by the New PDP members and the opposition to frustrate bills from the Presidency.

The section which was held between 9am and 10.30am, allegedly discussed modus operandis to checkmate Speaker Aminu Tambuwal who is believed to be loyal to the Kawu Baraje faction.

It was gathered that the invitation was sent to those lawmakers that attended by one Dr. Pat Asadu and it reads, “You are invited to a Breakfast Meeting as follows: Date: Friday, 20th September, 2013 (yesterday). Venue: Plateau Hall, Tarnscorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja. Time: 9.00am prompt. Kindly mobilize and attend with all those of our members who signed for peace and stability in our country, from your state (being one of our co-ordinators). Dr. Pat Asadu.”

The meeting was presided over by a member of the Pan-African Parliament, Hon. Bethel Amadi, who is eyeing the governorship ticket of Imo State

Our sources also disclosed that of the lawmakers spoke in confidence by saying, “We decided to meet in order to bring in more members into our fold.

“We want to ensure a smooth reign for President Goodluck Jonathan between now and 2015.”

Another source said: “The lawmakers agreed to form a “standing army” to checkmate the majority in the House (New PDP and the opposition) who are already planning to frustrate all bills from the President.

“We are not after the impeachment of Tambuwal, but he has to watch it. With what happened on Tuesday, we have shown that Tambuwal has not caged all members of the House.

“Tambuwal should know that he is sitting on the edge. He has cause to be fair in all proceedings or else members will decide appropriately.

“We may not have our way, but we can cause enough trouble for Nigerians to appreciate the tyranny of the majority.”

Some of those in attendance were Tajudeen Yusuf (PDP, Kogi), Dr. Abiola Ajaja (Accord Party, Oyo), Friday Itulah (PDP, Edo) and many women representatives from the South-South and South-East axis.