Deputy Governor of Zamfara served impeachment notice by Zamfara Assembly

The deputy governor, Alhaji Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, has been served with an impeachment notice by the Zamfara State House of Assembly.

Hon. Shamsu Haske, chairman of the House Standing Committee on Information, told reporters in Gusau that the deputy speaker had submitted a notice to the speaker last week seeking Gusau’s impeachment.

He claimed that two-thirds of the members had already signed the petition to remove the deputy governor.

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He claimed that the Assembly had previously invited Gusau to speak on some critical issues concerning his official duties, but that he rushed to court and obtained an order urging the parties to maintain the status quo.

he lawmaker said the order has expired and therefore the Assembly as an independent body ought to discharge of its responsibility.

Haske said, “His Excellency, the deputy governor in person of Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Gusau under the provisions of Section 128 and 129 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) mischievously approached the Federal High Court in Abuja alleging that this House is in the process of impeaching him.”

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He said the court in its wisdom ordered the parties to maintain the status quo.
The lawmaker accused the deputy governor of refusing to honour the invitation of the House. According to him, the allegations against Gusau are abuse of office, breach of Sections 190 and 193 (1), (2) (a)(b)(c), of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) as well as criminal self-enrichment using public funds.

According to him, this included criminal diversion of state funds.

Also yesterday, Sokoto State Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal said no responsible parliament would act against a court decision.

He spoke against the background of the Zamfara Assembly playing ignorance of the court order in the deputy governor’s case.

At a consultation meeting with the PDP delegates, Tambuwal who is aspiring for party’s presidential ticket wondered how a parliament was promoting illegally in the case of Gusau.

Tambuwal said, “It seems like there is no law in the country or completely displaying ignorance of the assignment as in spite of court order to maintain the status quo they are trying to act illegally.”

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He advised political leaders to understand the tenets of leadership and respect them as nobody can change one’s destiny in life.

Tambuwal recalled that in 2015 when President Muhammadu Buhari took over power, Nigeria was faced with a series of crisis but instead of reducing hardship among the people, the situation had become worse than what the APC government inherited.

Also on the team, former Sokoto State, Alhaji Attahiru Bafarawa said it is time for the kick start for the preparations of the 2023 elections.

He recalled that in 2019 out the seven contestants of the PDP Presidential ticket from the Northwest Tambuwal was the second in votes.

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“The five presidential aspirants from the Northwest, six of us decided to step down and back Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal for the PDP presidential ticket being him young and energetic,” he added.