The
impeachment procedure embarked by members of the Nasarawa State House
of Assembly will continue inspite of the interference by traditional
rulers in the state, this is according to Members of the House.
The
members said they would not enter into any negotiation over the
impeachment notice already served on the governor and would also
embark on a protest in the state capital, Lafia on Monday against the
interference by the traditional rulers in the state.
Chairman
of the House Committee on Information and Security, Mr. Baba Ibaku
said;
“We
have started this. We cannot go back, no matter the involvement of
the chairman of traditional rulers,” Ibaku said.
He
denied insinuations that the state legislators had fled from the
state capital.
“We
are on recess, so we can choose to stay anywhere we feel like. Even
if we are not on recess, there is no law that says we must stay in
Lafia and the fact is that there is the need for us to go to the
chamber. We will go to the chamber and come back,” he said.
He
further went on to say that, what happened in Adamawa State would
happen in Nasarawa if Al-Makura failed to respond to the impeachment
notice served on him within the time frame given.
Also
reacting to the allegation against the lawmakers that they had
received N200m each as bribe to compromise their stand, another
member of the Nasarawa House, Mohammed Okpede (Doma South) said, “Up
to this moment that I am talking to you, I have not seen the Emir of
Lafia, Isah Mustapha Agwai, and none of our members have seen the
emir.” He said the allegation was false.
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Two
APC governors impeached just within weeks of each other, is that
normal?
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