The crisis of confidence rocking the Kogi State House of Assembly took a new dimension on Thursday, as the faction loyal to the impeached Speaker, Honourable Momoh Lawal, relocated to Abuja, where they held a sitting of the assembly.
The lawmakers, who held their first sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, issued a summon to the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, to appear before the assembly’s faction.
The faction also served impeachment notice on the state deputy governor, while also suspending the five members who impeached the speaker last week.
The governor is to explain reasons permanent secretaries, directors, accountants, cashiers of parastatals, agencies, ministries and councils areas have to be sent on compulsory leave.
Also, the five members, who sat and impeached the former Speaker, Hon Momoh Lawal, were suspended for acting contrary to the rules of the assembly and by “claiming to have sat without a quorum and forgery of signatures of 10 members in the purported impeachment.”
The suspended are : Honourables Friday Sani; Umar Imam; John Abah; Lawi A.T. Ahmed and Bello Abdullahi.
The Kogi State House of Assembly is made up of 25 members, five of them are taking part in the rerun election which takes place this Saturday. The rerun will take place in Ofu, Dekina 1&2, Idah and Ofu Constituencies. The rerun is a fallout of the outcome of the election petition tribunal set up to hear complaints emanating from the last year election.
Presently, however, 20 are authentic members of the state House of Assembly and five members out of them sat and reportedly impeached the Speaker, Lawal, last week.
A member, Honourable Omiata Jimoh (PDP Yagba East) had moved a motion, urging the assembly to summon the governor and begin the impeachment process on the deputy governor.
The motion, was seconded by Aliu Akuh (PDP Omala) during their sitting in Abuja, which was presided over by the embattled Speaker Lawal. The sitting had the Maze, the symbol of authority of the assembly strategically positioned.
Honourable Omiata, in a motion, stated that the dissolution of the Local Government Service Commission, which, he said, was a statutory body created by law, was illegal and should be reverted, adding that “abolishment of one per cent from the joint account of state and local government without repeal of the law be disregarded and the status quo be maintained within.”
He added that all “institutions or directives of the state government with respect to Local Government Service Commission, State joint Local Government Account, Universal Basic Education, Pension Bureau, contrary to the extant law establishing them, be disregarded.”
The lawmaker insisted that the House of Assembly, being an institution created by law, “whose operations are guided by prescribed laws and rules, have no reference to recognise any person or group of persons as the leadership of the assembly other than Honourable Momoh Jimoh Lawal , the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly.”
He explained that the governor of the State, Mr Yahaya Bello, should, by no means and in whatever guise, communicate, receive or recognise anything from the group of five led by Honourable Ahmed Umar and that any transactions from the executive to or from the group of five shall be considered as fraudulent and met with legal resistance.
Omiata, however, informed that the council chairmen embarking on exercises that were capable of breaching the peace of their council areas should desist and return to status quo and the back-up vehicle forcefully towed out of the official residence of Momoh Jimoh “ should be returned as a matter of urgency within the next 24 hours.”
The 14 members that sat and presided over by the Speaker, Lawal, adopted all the motions and adjourned till March 8

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Nigeria is more entertaining than wwe.

I knnew it ws going to end up by trying to impeach the governor. Pls the kogite either igalas or ebira or okun let unite together and support this present governor, lets give a try. Am more worried about the crisis going in the state. I was told touts are moving freely in lokoja and thereby collecting people properity from them. This is unfair, barbaric, primitive and uncall for

Nigerian politics is serious nollywood,

APC will cause more havoc with time

I pity Nigeria. Where are the APC people that was shouting in River State during Amaechi saga with Legislators. Make una come ooo

Kogi is now serving as a test of time and dignity for APC, I hope dey get over it soon in d interest of Nigeria

Kogi...una no dey tire!!!!

Better resolve this quickly.

What a disgraceful act!

Right from the inception of Nollywood,Nigeria Have always behaved like them

Only in Nigeria is 5>15

Kogi people no try

Good, that illegality Bello and his cronies embarked on can not be allowed to stand

Immatex:
Only in Nigeria is 5>15

Kogi people no try

Just because the Speaker supports Faleke, Bello is a disaster hopefully he'll be kicked out soon. If we complained when PDP pulled that rubbish we must never support such from a party that's meant to be better

Tolatutu:
Good, that illegality Bello and his cronies embarked on can not be allowed to stand

My broda/sis don't develop high Bp on Bello case o. The conspiracy against Bello and Ebira people will not stand the test of time. Tell Faleke and his cohorts to stop spreading false rumors Bello is not ready for him and he will not stoop so low as Faleke who is bent hell on making Kogi ungovernable. Was it Bello that that also impeached Momoh Jimoh using Osiyi Godwin to replace him. This rapport Faleke is making with the Igalas will not see the light of the day.

For the last time Okuns and Igalas should not test the patience of Ebira people fa.

Kogi sef

Nigeria, na wa o. I kept wondering whose interest is our political leaders working for, our interest or there own interests.? Why should 4 be greater than 16

hmmmm

Iyanu ma shele