The speaker of the Zamfara house of assembly, Hon. Bilyaminu Moriki has been impeached by 18 out of 24 lawmakers in the Zamfara State House of Assembly during an emergency meeting on Thursday night..
The lawmakers, however, ratified Hon. Bashar Gummi as the pro-tempore Speaker.
Information available suggests that the impeachment of the former speaker was not unconnected with insecurity in the state. The motion for the impeachment was moved by one of the members representing Maru Constituency, Hon. Nasiru Abdullahi.
The impeached Speaker was reportedly out of the state for some days prior to his removal.
”According to Hon. Shamsudeen Basko representing Talata Mafara, the lawmakers have told the new Speaker that the issue of insecurity was one of the key issues to be given top priority, which led to the impeachment of the former Speaker.
“I have two issues but an observation was made on one, which is that of insecurity, which has been disturbing Zamfara residents, some are being killed and abducted,” he added.
“We need to stand up and do something to defend our people because the armed bandits are invading local government headquarters unchallenged.
“Let us call on the government to act now to protect our people.”
Recently, the Ogun State House of Assembly impeached its former speaker Hon. Olakunle Taiwo Oluomo. According to an impeachment letter signed by 18 members of the house and obtained by ValidViewNetwork, the Speaker was removed because of gross misconduct, financial misappropriation among others.
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