A reliable source in the Police says Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, speaker of the house of representatives, may get his police aides back any moment from now.
Some security may be restored on the ground that he is now a governorship candidate, our source said.
The police said he had legally lost his position as speaker and the privileges thereof as a result of his defection, but the case is now in court.
The source, a senior police officer, said: “We still believe the speaker is not entitled to security based on his decision to defect. The constitution is very clear on that and we are defending our position well in court.
“However, since Tambuwal is now a candidate of a major political party in Sokoto, convention requires that he is protected by the police.
“The federal government takes the security of leading candidates very seriously as such we will restore security to Tambuwal and at the same time provide same for all the leading candidates in all states of the Federation.
“If the police feel at any given time that the security of candidates is under threat, we are bound by law to come in and provide security. “In 2011, the governorship candidate of ANPP was murdered in Borno state very close to the election.
“Since then we reviewed our internal security arrangements and decided to notch security around candidates a bit high.” It is thought, though, that only a handful of security officers will be restored.