PDP to challenge Zamfara deputy governor’s impeachment

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says it is putting together a plan to challenge the impeachment of Zamfara deputy governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu, by the state House of Assembly from his position as the state’s deputy governor.

This was stated by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mr Debo Ologunagba, in an official statement issued in Abuja.

In his statement, Ologunagba claimed that the impeachment by the House was illegal and, as a result, void.

This violent assault on the Rule of Law in Zamfara has prompted the PDP to conduct a thorough review of the situation and to take whatever actions are necessary.

“In any case, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and the people of Zamfara will not stand by and allow impunity to be imposed on the state, and appropriate legal action is being taken in this regard.”

The judiciary has previously demonstrated its capacity and ability to defend the Constitution and the Rule of Law, and as a result, our party has implicit confidence in it, he added.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Aliyu was removed from office by the House of Representatives on February 22.

This followed the adoption of a motion by the APC’s Majority Leader, Faruku Dosara (Maradun 1), at the party’s plenary meeting in Gusau earlier this month.

After the House of Representatives adopted the report of the Justice Haladu Tanko panel, which investigated allegations of cross misconduct and abuse of office against the deputy governor, the motion was introduced.

Speaking during the session, Speaker Nasiru Muazu directed Mr Clerk Saidu Anka to conduct a voice vote on the impeachment, and 22 out of the 22 lawmakers present voted in favor, leading to the deputy governor being formally impeached and removed from office.

Gov. Bello Matawalle and Aliyu were both elected to office on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but the governor later defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC) on June 28, 2021. After Aliyu decided to remain in the PDP, their relationship deteriorated further.

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