Members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, on Thursday, unanimously voted in favour of the impeachment of the Deputy Governor, Mahdi Gusau.
The decision of the House to vote for his impeachment followed a motion moved by the Deputy Speaker and Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, Musa Yankuzo, and seconded by Yusuf Maru.
After the secondment of the motion, the Speaker, Nasiru Magarya, directed the Clerk to House, Shehu Anka, to effect voting for each and every member of the House, who attended the plenary as required by law.
Eighteen out of the 22 members of the House voted in favour of the impeachment.
Shortly after the voting, the Speaker said, “Having satisfied the requirements of the law, the House passes a strong resolution requesting the state Chief Judge, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to immediately constitute a panel to investigate all the allegations levelled against the Deputy Governor, Mahdi Aliyu Muhammad Gusau, as contained in the provision of Section 188 (5) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.”
At Wednesday’s plenary, the Speaker directed that each member of the House be served with the impeachment notice alongside with all the allegations levelled against him for their perusal and necessary action.
With this development, attention has now g shifted to the chief judge to constitute the panel to investigate the deputy governor as required by the law of the land.
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