The Assembly denies allegation, says party is
ignorant
The Adamawa State chapter of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, has alleged that the
State House of Assembly demanded N2 billion
constituency allowances from the former
governor of the state, Murtala Nayko as a
condition for halting his impeachment.
The party alsoalleged that the lawmakers
collected N350 million upfront from the governor,
but still went ahead to impeach him.
The chairman of the APC in the state, Binta
Garba, made the allegations at a press
conference in Yola, the state capital, while giving
insight into the political crisis that culminated in
the removal of Mr. Nyako last Tuesday.
But in a swift reaction, the Assembly denied the
allegations, saying the APC chairman was
ignorant of the statements credited to her.
The former governor, who is a member of the
APC, was impeached by 18 of the 25 members of
the House dominated by the Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP.
The lawmakers claimed the former governor is
guilty of the 16 allegations of gross misconduct
against him.
His deputy, Bala Ngilari, resigned his position in
controversial circumstances.
The Speaker, Umaru Fintiri, was subsequently
sworn in as acting governor.
Mrs. Garba explained that Mr. Nyako could only
afford N1 billion out of the N2 billon demanded
by the lawmakers and that the governor gave
them N350 million, but they still went ahead to
impeach him.
She condemned the PDP for masterminding the
impeachment of the former governor and alleged
that it was a ploy to coerce the opposition into
joining the party.
She described the impeachment as “ill motivated,
ill- timed, vindictive, illegal and immoral”.
Mrs, Garba, a three-time member of the House of
Representatives, also said the impeachment
process was
legally flawed on several fronts, as the notice
was not personally served on the governor in line
with the requirements of the country’s
constitution and ruling of the Supreme Court.
According to the APC chairman, despite a
subsisting court order issued by the state acting
Chief Judge restraining the state legislature from
proceeding with the issue pending the
determination of the case, the same acting Chief
Judge went ahead to set up a panel to
investigate the allegations in direct contravention
of his earlier order which he had not vacated.
“This and other illegalities send dangerous
signals of the manipulation of the judiciary for
narrow political objectives” she said.
“If the judiciary is not insulated from party
politics, but rather allows itself to be used to
subvert democratic values, the country stands
the risk of sliding into anarchy”
Mrs. Garba noted that as a result of the
desperation by the PDP for power before the
2015 general elections, it had been using the
instruments of government to coerce the people
in order to allow itself to be used to
subvert democratic values.
She warned that the country stands the risk of
sliding into anarchy.
“Had Nyako remained in the PDP, would he have
been impeached? This abuse of power against
the opposition is pernicious, selfish, ill-motivated
and dangerous for Nigeria’s democracy.” she
added.
The chairman said the destruction of the
opposition in Nigeria, even if it were possible,
would inevitably lead to the destruction of
democracy itself as it happened in several
countries.
She said the development had made PDP to be
perceived as ruthless, unscrupulous and anti-
democratic political party bent on retaining
power in 2015 at all cost – fair or foul.
The spokesman of the Adamawa state Assembly,
Adamu Kamale denied the allegations. He
refused to give details, but instead claimed that
the APC chairman was ignorant of all the
statements she made.
Prodded to speak further, Mr. Kamale promised
to do so after consultations with the House
leadership.

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Adamawa is DONE nd DUSTED there is nothing d jajanweeds can do abt it,am wondering who is clueless now

Impeachment has been done.

Everybody should go and sleep..