The Deputy Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Ahmed Muhammed, has been impeached.
At an emergency sitting held at the Assembly Complex in Lokoja on Friday, the lawmakers accused Ahmed Muhammed of gross misconduct and arbitrary use of the office.
In a motion of Urgent Importance, read by Enema Paul, Member representing Okura State Constituency, said 17 lawmakers signed the impeachment of Ahmed Mohammed and the suspension of three other principal officers.
The three principal officers removed and later suspended from the House are Bello Hassan Balogun, (Majority Leader), Idris Ndako, (Deputy Majority Leader) and Yoko Moses Ododo, (Chief Whip).
The House, however, announced Alfa Momoh Rabiu, representing Ankpa II as the new Deputy Speaker.
Other new principal officers elected are Muktar Bajeh, (Majority Leader), Umar Isah Tanimu, ( Deputy Majority Leader), Enema Paul, (Deputy Chief Whip), and Ahmed Dahiru, (Chief Whip).
The Speaker, Prince Mathew Kolawole, had earlier announced the dissolution of all the House Standing Committees.
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Before the impeachment process, there was a heavy presence of security personnel at the Assembly Complex, consisting of the Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC), and the Department of State Services, (DSS).
It could be recalled that Ahmed Muhammed is the lawmaker representing Akpa I in the Kogi State House of Assembly.
It was gathered that 17 out of the 25 lawmakers were present during the impeachment process.
(Editor: Ifeanyi Mark)
