Twelve members of the Kebbi State House of Assembly have served a notice of impeachment on Governor Saidu Usman Dakingari for alleged gross misconduct in the performance of functions of his office.
The same 12 of 24 members of the Assembly had on Tuesday claimed to have impeached Speaker Mohammed Shalla and deputy Mohammed Ja’afaru. A former Speaker, Habib Jega, who was impeached in a controversial manner in November 2014, was then “elected” speaker.
The 12 legislators, in a signed notice Wednesday, listed six impeachable offences against the governor.
They are:
•That Governor Sa’idu Dakingari committed grave violation of the provision of Section 5(1)(a) of the Kebbi State Budget Monitoring and Price Intelligence Bureau Law,2006 in that the Chairman of the Bureau is to be a retired Civil Servant, but the Governor appointed a serving Permanent Secretary/Solicitor General of the State Ministry of justice, Barr Aminu Usman as Chairman of the Bureau;
•That the governor committed gross misconduct by accessing and obtaining a loan facility to the tune of N2 billion from Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Support Fund set up by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) allegedly without obtaining the necessary confirmation of 2/3 majority of the Assembly, which was opposed by nine of 24 members;
•That the Governors continues work with unelected Local Government Councils in the State whose tenure in office already expired on or about the 18th September,2014, two years after Oath of office as provided by Section 18(1) of Kebbi State Local Government Law, 2008 and thereby committed a gross misconduct;
•That between the period of January 2015 – April 2015, the governor allegedly misappropriated the sum of N1,800,862,672.00 from the State Government funds in the name of General Election 2015 even when there is no provision for that expenditure in the Appropriation Law 2015;
•The Governor,alleged misappropriated the sum of N965,000, 000.00 in the name of the official visits of Mr President, Vice President and First Lady of the Federal Republic of Nigeria between November 2014 to March, 2015 and that Mr Vice President and First Lady did not make any official visit to Kebbi State within the said period thereby committed gross misconduct;
•That the governor issued the renovation and furnishing of the Presidential Lodge and other government lodges at the cost of N558, 560, 416.00 to unknown contractor in September 2011 and thereafter within two months period that was between October 2014 – November, 2014, the governor alleged wrongly inflated the cost of renovation and furnishing to the tune of N1, 347, 373, 906.54k.That the contract sum was increased by the sum of N788, 813, 490.54k thereby committed misconduct.
But the governor, in his response to the development, through the Secretary to the State Government, Garba Kamba, said the action of the members is Illegal and unconstitutional.
“By this very act, the purported members have pre-empted the decision of the Kebbi State High Court,” Mr. Kamba said. “These members aim to cause disaffection and truncate the smooth transition of government following the recent election,” he said.
He added that the government would continue to recognise Mr. Shalla as Speaker of the Kebbi Assembly.

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Cc lalasticlala

Bunch of thieving clowns. We're the monies misappropriated today? The man has only a month to stay, they should let him. 12 of 24, not even up to the constitutionally recognized two-third

Is that a state in Nigeria?

ECOTERRORS:
Is that a state in Nigeria?

Hohoho hahaha. That's jega's state

This present administration self






The administration of 2 greater than 4.....


Madness at state lawmakers level

Any-way May29th we put an end to all this Rubbish

shoro niyen?

Isn't it rather to late in the day?

Ah well....Nigerians do some really strange stuff.

democratic-coup....what an inglorious way to leave office.

With the action of PDP within and without, I see gloom days ahead. PDP is a party of calamity which tends to destroy little credence that remain in our polity. it will not be surprised to see many of them in jail soon. Looting treasury with reckless abandon. Thank God for this change. Nigeria will be great once more

meforyou1:
Bunch of thieving clowns. We're the monies misappropriated today? The man has only a month to stay, they should let him. 12 of 24, not even up to the constitutionally recognized two-third

I'm guessing he stands to lose some benefits reserved for ex governors on completion of their term in office hence the decision to impeach him

kebbi? nawaoo... Thank God i come from a state people know of

This our de facto way of doing things still baffles me. It always at the last minute

President got bck his balls just 1mnth to handover now he knows how to sack and e a fierce leader.

Super eagles with 3month to train for world cup only woke three weeks to the tournament.

Our stupid law makers now knw hw to impeach just days to the end of a tenure.

All this last minute man up is rubbish

meforyou1:
Bunch of thieving clowns. We're the monies misappropriated today? The man has only a month to stay, they should let him. 12 of 24, not even up to the constitutionally recognized two-third

hahahaha. U cnt blame dem. They r only following d steps of Pdp whr 7 is greater than 19 n 16 greater than 19. Impeachmnt season ma him we de

But that number does not make up a 2/3rd majority!!!

This level of corruption and miscunduct is monumental.

After sacking the speaker, they turned on the main prize.

No dulling!

ok

30days to go & they are serving impeachment notice, bunch of jokers.

bunch of jokers.
That number can not impeach the governor,
constitution says 2/3 majority..
They will have to re-strategise.
an affront to our modern day democracy

How come I barely know this Governor?

No retirement benefit..Governor beg, begs and Continue begging instead of blowing grammar..

Islie:




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Cc lalasticlala

And APC is doing their best to impeach all PDP governors.

APC will obviously not last in Nigeria...

CHANGE

Dakingari initiates this. He controvercially remove Jega as speaker and instal his stooge Shallah and use his power to send them out of the house illegally. Now its payback time.
Only 2-4 out of the 12 members loyal to Governor (PDP) are reelected. So APC are going to constitute atleast 20 of the 24 members in the house.
The Dynasty of Dakingari and sons is over.

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Be good to you neighbors, never take anyone for granted.
Never keep malice.

Take it or leave it, each individual around you can make or mar you.

#KeepCalmAndLoveEveryone.

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back and make a brand new start, anyone can
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#Perceptive

Don't impeach these northern governors or deputy..

Just tell them u saw a group of bike riding book haram on their way to his office..

He go waka away himself

See the amount of money that could have taken upto one million indegens of that state out of poverty and thereby reducing unemployment that constitutes crimes in the society. It is not only FG that creats employment. Govnrs and even LGA chairmen creats jobs. Enough of these misappropriations.

Islie:




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Cc lalasticlala

He's going already what's the need.