Members, who claimed to be over 150 in number, disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Abuja on Wednesday. Spokesman of the group, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, stated that the conduct of the Speaker while ruling on the said motion left much to be desired.

Gbajabiamila, who was flanked by Hon (Dr) Usman Bugaje, Hon. Temi Harriman and Hon C.I.D Maduabuwen, said the Speaker deceived members into believing that he was going to call for a division of the House, saying such promise went a long way to calm members.

“Unfortunately, when we came to vote, the voice vote was not clear enough and the Speaker gave it to the supporters of the motion. This was contested but the Speaker reneged on his promise and refused to allow a division,” the group alleged.

The members pointed out that they wished to register their disappointment with the Speaker who they accused of manipulating the voice votes and reneging on his promise. The group said its concern now was what might happen in the forthcoming bill on constitutional amendment which included the vexed third term clause.

They said that the Speaker should be compelled by House rule that states that for any constitutional amendment to pass, it must enjoy the vote of two-thirds of members of the National Assembly. “We must make it very clear that we shall not accept anything less and we want every Nigerian who will ultimately bear the brunt of third term disaster to insist that due process be observed in all but especially in respect of this third term matter,” the members declared.