Constitutional crisis looms as the House of Reps is set to adjourn to sine die following the imminent stepping down of its speaker, Aminu Tambuwal, one sitting day before the House attains the minimum sitting requirements in a year, Vanguard reports.

Tambuwal who won the Sokoto state gov polls, is expected to automatically step down as member & speaker of the House once he takes the oath of office as governor on May 29.

Sources in the House say that the House is expected to hold a valedictory session possibly on May 28 and subsequently adjourn sine die to await the proclamation of the next National Assembly by Gen. Muhammadu Buhari who would also have taken office as president on May 29.

The House as at its last sitting day last Thursday, had sat for 174 days and if sitting holds for all six remaining days between next Tuesday and Thursday, May 28, the House would have attained 180 days, one day short of the constitutional provision requiring the Senate and the House of Representatives to each sit for 181 days in a year.

Senior legislators told Saturday Vanguard that a way of beating the constitutional logjam would be to allow the deputy speaker, Chief Emeka Ihedioha or a speaker pro tempore, preside for the remaining days, but members were very unenthusiastic about that. Indeed, sources were insistent that the House would hold its valedictory session and adjourn sine die with Tambuwal on the chair in order for them to give the popular speaker a deserving send-off.