‘Impeached’ Plateau Speaker Fights Back, Holds Parallel Plenary

Members of the Plateau State House of Assembly aligned with Speaker Abok Ayuba, who was in the wee hours of Thursday impeached by eight members of the assembly fought back on Thursday holding a parallel plenary of the legislature.

 GreenWhiteGreen GWG had reported that Speaker Ayuba was impeached by eight members of the House all belonging to the All Progressives Congress, APC. Nine members of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP who attempted to enter the House to stop the proceedings were stopped by security men.

Following the reported impeachment, 11 of the 24 members of the House joined the Speaker at a session that took place at Zawan Community Hall in Bukuru, Jos South Local Government Area of the state.

The session according to reports suspended six members who were said to have played a central role in the controversial impeachment of the speaker of the Plateau House of Assembly.

Speaking to newsmen following the session, the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Philip Dasu, who is loyal to Ayuba, said “The constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria makes a clear provision for the impeachment of the Speaker. it requires a 2/3 majority. We are 24 and we are supposed to have a minimum of 16 members to sign and affirm the impeachment of the Speaker.

“To our greatest  , we were in the House today very early in the morning when we got an information that there was an attempt to impeach our Speaker. I went and I found seven people and I was the eighth person before the rest came.

“We are not in agreement with what happened. The Governor is a lawyer and knows the constitution. He will not accept that illegal process, if he does, it is left for him to battle with his profession.”

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