The Adamawa state of Assembly on Wednesday directed its clerk to serve gov.
Nyako and his deputy Ngilari impeachment notices.
There has been a running battle between the lawmakers and
Nyako since he left the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to join the All
Progressives Congress.
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The decision by
the Assembly has confirmed PREMIUM TIMES report six days ago that the lawmakers
were plotting to remove the governor from office.
The political
landscape in the state tensed up last Wednesday when the Assembly ordered the
arrest of four commissioners for their failure to appear before the lawmakers
to failing to appear before the House to answer questions on the state’s
finances.
At plenary that
Thursday, the Deputy Speaker, Kwamoti Laori (PDP-Numan), who presided, directed
the state Commissioner of Police to arrest commissioners who failed to show up
and bring them before the house on Monday by 10 am.
The affected
commissioners were that of agriculture, Lucy Ishaku; health, Lilian Stephen;
commerce, Ahmed Gorko; and land and survey, Abdulrahman Shuaibu.
The Assembly, which
acknowledged receipt of a letter from the Secretary to the State Government,
Kobis Thimnu, over his inability to honour the Thursday invitation, asked him
to appear unfailingly on Monday.
The commissioner
for Finance, Ibrahim Vokna, his counterpart for Works, Umaru Atiku, and the
state Accountant General, Nasir Mohammed, had earlier appeared before the
house.
The Assembly had
on May 27 gave Mr. Nyako and his government an ultimatum of three days to pay
back an alleged illegal deductions made from workers’ salaries and allowances
of May 2014 in the state.
The development
fueled speculation in the state that the Assembly was bent on sacking the
governor.
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