One of the two suspended
lawmakers by the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Hon. Yusuf Mohammed Anka,
representing Anka constituency has lamented that his suspension was not
unconnected with his role in an effort to impeach the Speaker, Hon. Nasiru
Mu’azu Magarya.
According to him, he initiated
the move two months ago that the Speaker must be suspended over his
incapacitation to lead the House according to the constitution.
The lawmaker told newsmen in
Gusau, the State capital that the Speaker had since then not be happy with him
for initiating his impeachment, which he described as conspiracy.
The lawmaker further explained
that the Governor personally called and threatened him over the impeachment
move, pointing out that all effort to let the Governor comprehend the inability
of the Speaker to perform was unsuccessful.
He stated that after some days,
the Governor ordered former finance minister, Bashir Yuguda to make peace
between the group, for them to suspend their intentions and that because of the
intervention of the former minister, Yuguda, the move was suspended.
“The entire members only urged
the Governor to get things corrected in terms of how he runs his government in
the overall interest of moving the State forward.
“Surprisingly, while in Kano
attending UNICEF workshop, I started receiving calls from different quarters
informing me of my suspension over alleged connection with armed bandits,” he
said.
He challenged Hon. Yusuf Alhassan
Kanoma who was the brain behind the motion to schedule time for them to swear
with the holy Quran if at all he is sincere.
The lawmaker said he was very
optimistic that the committee on ethics and privileges would do justice to him
and his colleague.
He added that he was determined
to drag the State House of Assembly to court for defamation of character and
damage of his name and reputation.
He described as wrong allegation
by his colleague, Hon Kanoma that he and Hon. Tudu. Tukur were seen jubilating
when they heard that the father of the Speaker was kidnapped, pointing out that
he was in Kaduna attending lectures when the Speaker’s father was abducted.
He also refuted the claim by Hon.
Kanoma that he and his colleague, Hon. Tudun Tukur representing Bakura ran away
from taking the new “Oath of self distancing” on armed banditry recently
introduced by the Governor.
Recalled that on Tuesday, the
State House of Assembly suspended Hon. Yusuf Muhammad Anka representing Anka
constituency and Hon. Tudun Tukur representing Bakura constituency for three
months over alleged involvement in banditry activities in the State.
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com