The Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) candidate for November
governorship election, Engineer Musa Wada has slammed the State House of
Assembly for their role in the purported impeachment of Elder Simon
Achuba as deputy governor, describing their decision as shameful,
illegal and undemocratic.
Wada, in a statement signed by the Deputy Director, Public
Communications Committee of the PDP Campaign Council, Austin Okai
condemned the action of the State lawmakers for setting aside the report
of the panel that investigated the allegations leveled against Achuba.
The governorship candidate said despite that the panel report
exonerated Achuba of any wrongdoing, the lawmakers still went ahead to
do the biddings of their pay master which according to him further
confirmed the opinion of citizens that “they are an assemblage of rubber
stamp legislators”.
“This is a complete miscarriage of justice even as the administration
of Yahaya Bello pre-empted the removal of the Deputy Governor, Simon
Achuba.
“The purported impeachment is unacceptable, illegal, immodest, null
and void. The decision is a complete departure from the recommendation
of the panel that investigated the allegations,” he said.
Wada warned the state government not to swear in or dare to replace
the current Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba, as it will amount to wanton
political profligacy on the part of the state leadership.
He wondered why the haphazard decision of the state government came
on Friday and the plan to swear in the governor’s former Chief of Staff,
Edward Onoja, as Achuba’s replacement.
Wada warned the state government not to overheat the polity or create
any form of political crises that will affect the smooth transition in
the state after November election.
He urged PDP supporters to remain calm and observe the drama that is
playing out with a resolute determination to, “weed out the current
anti-people’s government of APC under Yahaya Bello.”
Meanwhile, Chief Edward Onoja, the running mate to governor Yahaya
Bello for the November 16 governorship election is to be sworn in on
Monday as the new deputy governor of Kogi State.
DAILY POST earlier reported that, the deputy governorship candidate
was scheduled to appear before the seventh Kogi State House of Assembly
on Saturday 19th October, 2019 for his screening by the 25 lawmakers.
Onoja was the former Chief of Staff to governor Yahaya Bello before
he was appointed as running mate to the governor for the coming
governorship election and based on this, he resigned as Chief of Staff
to the governor last week.
DAILY POST reliably gathered on Saturday that the Kogi State House of
Assembly will screen him on Monday, 21st October, 2019 and after the
screening, the house will then confirmed him as deputy governor of the
state before proceeding to Lugard House to take an oath of office which
the Chief Judge of the state Justice Nasiru Ajanah is expected to
administer.
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Achuba’s impeachment: Action of Kogi lawmakers shameful – PDP candidate, Wada
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