18 Members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have unanimously voted to impeach the state Deputy Governor, Mahdi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau from office.
The decision of the House to vote for the impeachment followed a motion moved by the state Deputy speaker and chairman House Committee on Public Accounts Hon Musa Bawa Musa Yankuzo and duly seconded by Hon Yusuf Alhassan Kanoma Maru North.
This resolution of the members of the house is contained in a statement signed by the state house of assembly DG media and public relations, Mustafa Jafar Kaura issued to newsmen in Gusau.
According to the statement, the Speaker of the House Rt Hon Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya directed the clerk Shehu Saidu Anka to effect voting for each and every member of the House that attended the plenary as required by the law.
Consequently, Eighteen (18) out of twenty two (22) members of the House voted in affirmative that they supported the impeachment move of the embattled Deputy Governor Mahdi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau from office.
The statement added that shortly after the voting ended, Speaker Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya said having satisfied the requirements of the law, he then passed a resolution of the House requesting the state chief judge Justice Kulu Aliyu to Immediately constitute a panel to investigate all the allegations leveled against the Deputy Governor Barr Mahdi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau as contained in the provision of section 188 (5) of the constitution of the federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).
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