Nasarawa Impeachment: chief judge names panel after lawmakers’ meeting with Jonathan

The investigative committee is expected to report to the House within seven days.
—————–
The Nasarawa State Chief Judge, Suleiman Dikko, has set up a seven-member panel to investigate the 16 count allegations levelled against Governor Tanko Almakura by the state House of Assembly.

The appointment of the panel came a day after six of the lawmakers, led the Speaker, Musa Mohammed, met with President Goodluck Jonathan in Abuja. Details of the meeting remain unclear.
The Chief Judge inaugurated the probe panel Friday, a day after the meeting.

While inaugurating the panel at the conference hall of the state Ministry for Local Government along Shendam road, Lafia, Justice Dikko said the setting up of the committee was in line with the State Assembly’s request for him to appoint a seven man panel to investigate the governor.
The assembly gave the directive on Wednesday.

Those named to the committee are Yusuf Usman, chairman, Mohammed Keana, Joel Galadima, Abdul Usman, Samuel Chaku, Mohammed Usman, and Daniel Chaga.

The judge urged the members to discharge their duties in line with section 188 subsection 1 -11 of the Nigerian constitution 1999 which states that “A panel appointed under this section shall have powers and exercise its functions in accordance with such procedure as may be prescribed by the house of assembly and within three months of its appointment, report its findings to the house of assembly”.

The investigative committee is expected to report to the House within seven days.
The Nasarawa State lawmakers launched impeachment proceedings against Mr Al Makura last week, accusing him of 16 offences.

For months, Mr. Al-Makura, who is a member of the APC, has been embroiled in controversy with the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led state assembly.
The lawmakers moved against the governor after the impeachment of the governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako, last Tuesday.

The opposition APC has accuse the PDP and President Goodluck Jonathan of being behind the gale of impeachments against its governors, an allegation the ruling party rejects.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Farmer Stabs Wife To Death In Ogun

Image
A 47-year-old farmer, Gbenga Ogunfolabo has been arrested by the police in Ogun State for stabbing his wife, Bosede Ogunfolabo, 45, to death with broken bottle during a fisticuff. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement. According to him, the police detectives attached to Ishara division of the command arrested the suspect on Monday, July 21 at Ishara in Remo North Local Government Area of the state few days after he committed the crime. He said the incident occurred July 16 but no one reported the case to the police as the families concerned wanted to sweep the murder under the carpet as a result of the pressure on the deceased’s family by the family of the suspect but one of the relations of the deceased (names withheld) decided to report the matter to the police for thorough investigation. “It was gathered that the couple had eight children but lost two to sickness and that the husband has been mal...
Read more

WHAT IS EBOLA VIRUS, HOW REAL IS THIS VIRUS?

Ebola virus disease Ebola virus disease (EVD), formerly known as Ebola haemorrhagic fever, is a severe, often fatal illness in humans. EVD outbreaks have a case fatality rate of up to 90%. EVD outbreaks occur primarily in remote villages in Central and West Africa, near tropical rainforests. The virus is transmitted to people from wild animals and spreads in the human population through human-to-human transmission. Fruit bats of the Pteropodidae family are considered to be the natural host of the Ebola virus. Severely ill patients require intensive supportive care. No licensed specific treatment or vaccine is available for use in people or animals. Ebola first appeared in 1976 in 2 simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name. Genus Ebolavirus is 1 of 3 members of the Filoviridae family (filovirus), along with ge...
Read more

Nigerian Man Lands In Hospital After Cocaine Bursts In His Belly In Kenya

Image
An unnamed Nigerian man has been arrested in Nairobi, Kenya, on Wednesday, 23 July, 2014 after the cocaine he was allegedly carrying burst in his belly. According to reports, the middle-aged man had arrived at the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi from Lagos. The incident was said to happen while the Nigerian traveller was still on transit and he was immediately hospitalised. It was gathered that the airline scheduled to fly him out with other passengers to an Asian country booked him at the Laico Regency, Wednesday morning. Shortly after checking into the hotel, he reportedly fell sick prompting the hotel officials to rush him to Kenyatta National Hospital ( KNH) It was gathered that the officials immediately contacted the Tourist Police Unit, who oversaw his transfer to the hospital. While reacting to the incident, head of Anti- Narcotics Unit in Kenya, Hamis Masa, said it was when doctors at the hospital struggled to attend to him they realise...
Read more