latest impeachment casualty is Niger
House Speaker, Barrister Adamu
Usman.
It was gathered that Nineteen out of
twenty-five members of the Niger
State House of Assembly on Tuesday,
impeached the Speaker, Hon. Adamu
Usman.
Also impeached was deputy speaker,
Hon. Abdulraham Bala Gambo,
Majority leader, Hon. Haruna Labaran
and Chief Whip, Hon. Abdullahi Lawal,
Nigerian Pilot reports.
Shortly after Adamu’s impeachment,
the house also unanimously elected
Hon. Isah Mohammed Kawu as the
new Speaker.
Meanwhile Vanguard also reported
that as early as 7:30am, over 200
armed policemen and other security
agents were seen keeping vigil at the
Assembly as they prevented everybody
from gaining entrance into the complex.
However, some desperate members of
the House who defied the presence of
the armed security men at the gate
and forced their way into the
assembly complex after damaging the
key and the chain used in locking the gate.
In his acceptance speech, the new
Speaker, Hon. Kawu commended his
colleagues for the honour.
He also called for people’s
understanding and appealed that no
erroneous meaning be read to the
change in leadership of the house.
Hon. Isah Mohammed Kawu was first
elected Speaker in 2012 but was
impeached after one legislative week.


Source:
http://www.punchng.com/news/lawmakers-impeach-niger-assembly-speaker/