There was unease at the Adamawa state House
of Assembly complex, Yola, during Monday’s
plenary as the speaker, Ahmadu Fintiri,
scuttled an attempt by a group of lawmakers
to impeach him.
Mr. Fintiri, who had spearheaded the
impeachment of the former state Governor,
Murtala Nyako, has been at daggers-drawn
with the state governor, James Ngilari, and
some lawmakers who see him as a traitor that
failed to secure return tickets for them during
the controversial primaries in Abuja.
Recently, there was conflict between the
executive and the legislative following an
acerbic advertorial in which Mr. Ngilari
purportedly accused President Goodluck
Jonathan of betraying him.
A similar advertorial ran accusing the
embattled speaker of betraying his political
godfathers including former Nigerian Vice
President, Atiku Abubakar, and Mr. Nyako.
During Monday’s sitting, the speaker escaped
the impeachment plot by the whiskers as the
perceived sponsors of the plot, Majority
Leader, Salihu Kabilo, and Jerry Kundusi, the
chief whip, were hurriedly removed from
their positions.
Mr. Kabilo was replaced by the speaker’s
loyalist and former majority leader, Ishaku
Bala, while Aminu Abbas took over from Mr.
Kundusi.
Subsequently, the speaker who presided over
the sitting re-constituted the local government
probe committee.
Our correspondent said there was heightened
security at the state Assembly while Mr.
Fintiri’s antagonists had planned to stage
street celebrations in the event of the
impeachment.




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