Members of the ninth Bauchi Assemblyafter the first election which saw the emergence of Abubakar Suleiman asSpeaker Bauchi State House of Assembly iscurrently in disarray as members have elected two Speakers in separateelections. Eleven out of the 31 elected membersof the Assembly sat as early as 7:00 am and elected Abubakar Suleiman as theSpeaker of the House. Suleiman is a member representingNingi Central Constituency and a member of the All Progressives Congress . Danlami Kawule a member of thePeoples Democratic Party (PDP) representing Zungur/Galambi was also elected asthe Deputy Speaker by the same group of lawmakers. The situation took a twist as 18members of House held a parallel election in front of the Assembly complexaround 11:00 am. The members could not gain accessinto the chamber as it was locked so they decided to hold a parallel electionoutside the complex.