Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has appointed
Senator Hassan Mohammed Nasiha Gusau as Deputy Governor, following the
impeachment of Barr. Mahdi Aliyu Gusau.
Until his appointment, Hassan Nasiha was a Senator
representing, the Zamfara Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly.
Meanwhile, the state House of Assembly in its resumed
plenary on Wednesday had impeached Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau as the
Deputy Governor of the state with immediate effect.
In a statement, the spokesperson of the house, Mustafa
Jafaru Kaura, said the former Deputy Governor was found guilty of all the
allegations levelled against him.
Kaura said, “The house found him guilty of the offences
levelled against him which were submitted earlier today in the House and
subsequently read at the floor of the chamber by the Speaker of the House, Rt
Hon Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya.
“Magarya told the plenary that the committee set up to
investigate the former Deputy Governor found him guilty of all the charges
levelled against him and directed his colleagues to proceed with individual
voting of affirmation for the Deputy Governor to be impeached as required by
the law.”
Kaura further stated, “20 out of 22 members voted in favour
of the impeachment while the only PDP member of the House, Hon. Salihu Usman
Zurmi, was conspicuously absent during today’s plenary.
“Having secured the required number of the votes as directed
by the constitution, Speaker Magarya announced the impeachment of Barr Mahdi
Aliyu Muhammad Gusau as the substantive Deputy Governor of the state.”
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