The Zamfara state House of Assembly has begun a fresh attempt to impeach the state deputy governor, Barr. Mahadi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau.
A statement issued in Gusau on Friday by the Director General, Press Affairs and Public Relations to the legislature, Malam Mustafa Jafaru-Kaura, said the move followed a presentation of impeachment notice by the Deputy Speaker of the house, Hon. Nasiru Muazu Magarya on Friday for the final decision.
“As part of the provision of Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that empowers legislatures to commence impeachment moves of a governor or his deputy on allegations of constitutional breaches, wrongdoing or abuse of office.
“Therefore, today the Deputy Speaker and Chairman House Committee on Public Accounts presented a formal request notifying the speaker of the House move to impeach Barr. Mahdi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau as the Deputy Governor of the state.
“The Deputy Speaker accused the Deputy Governor, Mahdi Aliyu-Gusau, for alleged constitutional breaches, abuse of office and financial misappropriation, which are all impeachable offences, and added that Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution empowered them to commence impeachment process against the Deputy Governor without further delay”, the statement read in part.
Responding, the Speaker promised that the assembly would look into the allegations against the deputy governor and act appropriately according to the provisions of the constitution.
The deputy governor, who is a chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has allegedly been out of office for about six months, and was said to have relocated to Abuja from Gusau the state capital, since the time Governor Bello Mohammed Matawalle defected from the opposition PDP to the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).
