Gombe State House of Assembly,
yesterday, suspended four members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for
fleeing with the mace during plenary.
Majority Leader and Chairman
Committee on Information, Mr Fabulous Amos, made the announcement while
briefing newsmen after an emergency plenary session.
He said Abdullahi Abubakar
Maiwanka (Akko-west), Walid Mohammed (Kwami-west), Mohammed A. Bello
(Gombe-south) and Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim (Yamaltu-west) have been suspended for
four legislative sittings.
Amos disclosed that the matter
was referred to the Committee on Ethics and Privileges to investigate the
incident.
A member of the house, Abdullahi
Maiwanka, had during plenary on Thursday grabbed the mace and fled the
assembly.
The action was reportedly
prompted by the failure of three out of the eight members of the APC in the
house to impeach the Minority Leader, Ahmed Usman Haruna.
Gombe State Government has
reacted to the development
Commissioner of Information and
Orientation, Alhaji Ahmed Umar Sulaiman, alleged that the unfortunate incident
was the fallout of the recent congresses conducted by the APC.
“The commotion was as a result of a faction
within the APC that wants to change its leadership in the house,” he said.
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