Members of the PDP in the Nasarawa State House of Assembly has said that it will go ahead and impeach the governor of the state, Alhaji Tanko Al-Makura.
The Chairman, House Committee on Information and Security, Baba Ibaku, stated this in a chat with Punch in Lafia on Wednesday. He insisted there is no going back on the impeachment move against Al-Makura.
He said the panel set up by the Chief Judge, Justice Umaru Dikko, to investigate charges against the governor, breached Section 188 Subsection (5) of the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria, as amended.
The lawmaker stated, “As far as we are concerned, there is no seven-man panel that is investigating Governor Al-Makura, because we had earlier asked the state chief judge to disband the panel...
“We sent our legal team to appear before the panel yesterday (Tuesday) and we instructed them to simply tell the Chairman of the panel, Yusuf Usman, that we (the lawmakers) only appeared through our legal team to register our protest against the composition of the panel because the members of the panel are political office holders.
“We will go-ahead with our moves to impeach Governor Al-Makura and nothing will stop us to step down on our plans, no matter what it entails. We are going to file a case before the law court as soon as we finish our deliberation. We will always sit in any part of the state to pass another resolution.”
Governor lauded the decision of the judicial panel.
Al-Makura, who gave the commendation in an interview with journalists in Lafia, described the outcome of the panel as a victory for democracy.
The governor said, “My victory is for the rule of law. I am sure the people of goodwill and the people of Nasarawa State, even without coming to the tribunal, know who the governor is and what he could do and what he can or not do. My vindication is for the good people of Nasarawa State.”
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