BREAKING: Adamawa House of Assembly sack its Principal Officers on Saturday

The Adamawa House of Assembly did the unthinkable this Saturday when the Deputy Speaker, Emmanuel Tsamdu and others were impeached.

ADAMAWA:   The Assembly also sacked the Majority Leader, Hassan Mamman Barguma (Hong Constituency); Deputy Majority Leader, Abubakar Isa (Shelleng Constituency); and Deputy Chief Whip, Abdullahi Nyapak (Verre Constituency).

READ ALSO:   How did Atiku Abubakar leave the Nigerian Customs, Sacked or Retired? – READ INSIDE STORY

Consequently, Lumsabani Dilli (Demsa Constituency) is now the Deputy Speaker, while Hayatu Mohammed Atiku (Uba-Gaya) was elected Majority Leader to replace his kinsman from Hong.

Others elected as principal officers are Safiyanu Aminu Aliyu (Song Constituency) as Deputy Chief Whip and Sani Shehu (Mubi North Constituency) as Deputy Majority Leader.

However, embattled Tsamdu has rejected his impeachment, saying “13 people cannot impeach me”.

READ ALSO:   This Is The Reason Police Invades Dino Melaye’s House – IT IS WORTH READING

The Adamawa Assembly is made up of 25 members, meaning those who carried out the impeachment were not up to two-thirds the assembly.

 

 

www.sojworld.com (c) December 29, 2018