Governor Murtala Nyako of
Adamawa state has been impeached. He was impeached after the state House of
Assembly deliberated upon the report submitted by a seven-man investigative
panel probing allegations of financial misconducts against him and his deputy.
NewswireNgr had
exclusively reported that the governor was to be kicked out by the state
lawmakers and the People’s Demoratic Party, PDP leadership in the state.
The house had accused the
governor for breaching the section 188 of the constitution, and accused him to
embezzling N120 million, diverted to sponsor a fictitious visit of General
Muhammadu Buhari to the state to commiserate with victims of insurgency in
Madagali and Michika LGA.
They accused him
of fraudulently awarding a contract of over N8 billion through SNECOU
Group of Companies Ltd, a company linked to one of the governor’s wives to
siphon public funds without delivering any services to the people.
Minutes before Nyako was
impeached, his deputy, Bala Ngilari, resigned his position as the number two
man in the state, allowing for the Speaker of the house of assembly to take
over as stipulated by the Nigerian constitution.
Ngilari’s resignation letter
was read at the plenary by the speaker of the Assembly, Umaru Fintiri and
approved by the lawmakers.
The Assembly is heavily
fortified by security operatives who have denied people access to proceedings.
Details of the proceeding
to follow..
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