Connect with us

Hi, what are you looking for?

News

Kogi Assembly Moves to Impeach Deputy Governor

The Kogi state house of assembly has commenced impeachment proceedings against Simon Achuba, deputy governor of the state.

On Wednesday, Abdullahi Bello, majority leader of the house, read a petition against Achuba at plenary.

He said signatures of 21 of the 25 lawmakers have been collected for the impeachment.

The member who represents Ajaokuta constituency, cited section 188 of 1999 constitution and thereafter prayed the house to commence investigation ahead of the impeachment of the deputy governor.

Kolawole Matthew, speaker of the house of assembly, agreed to the prayers in the petition and asked that impeachment notice be served on the deputy governor.

Matthew gave Achuba 14 days to respond to the allegations levelled against him.

Achuba had accused Yahaya Bello, governor of the state, of not paying his allowances in the last two years.

He said he is being owed N819 million in salaries and allowances. Achuba also said the governor was after his life, an allegation which Bello denied.

 

_____

Follow us on Twitter at @thesignalng

Copyright 2019 SIGNAL. Permission to use portions of this article is granted provided appropriate credits are given to www.signalng.com and other relevant source.

Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Advertisement

Related

News

A Federal High Court in Lagos on Wednesday struck out an interim order of forfeiture obtained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking...

News

Justice James Kolawole Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, has remanded Ali Bello, a nephew to Kogi State governor, Yahaya Bello, and...

News

The governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has said that he will resist every attempt to return the state to the pre- 2015 era...

News

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, the senatorial candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Kogi Central has accused Kogi State Governor Yahaya Bello of being responsible...

Copyright ©