Nasarawa lawmakers choose new Speaker, Deputy Speaker

Danladi Jatau, a legislator from Kokona West Constituency, was unanimously chosen as the Nasarawa State House of Assembly’s speaker on Friday.

Additionally chosen to the position of Deputy Speaker is Mohammed Oyanki, the MP for Doma North Constituency.

According to reports, Ibrahim Abdullahi, the previous speaker, was fired by the Court of Appeal in Abuja a few days before to this incident.

Oyanki, a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), and Jatua, the newly chosen Speaker of the All Progressives Congress (APC), reportedly collaborated to ensure that Oyanki became the head of the state assembly in order to maintain harmony within the state legislature.

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A review of the Abuja Court of Appeal’s ruling, which certified Governor Abdullahi Sule’s win in the 2023 governorship race, has been requested by the PDP’s Nasarawa State chapter in an appeal to the Supreme Court.

At first, Sule’s victory was declared void by the state election petitions tribunal, which declared David Ombugadu of the PDP the victor.

The tribunal erred in its vote re-computation and declaration, the appellate court eventually said, affirming Sule as the legitimate governor.

During a nonviolent demonstration in Lafia, Stella Oboshi, the PDP’s women’s leader in Nasarawa, voiced her worries over the ruling of the appellate court.

The significance of democracy in Nigeria was emphasized as she contended that the ruling went against democratic norms and demanded that the Supreme Court conduct a full investigation of the issue.