The Deputy Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly Rt.Hon. Ahmed Muhammed has been impeached.
In an emergency sitting held at the Assembly Complex in Lokoja on Friday, the lawmakers accused Ahmed Muhammed of gross mis-conduct and arbitrary use of office.
In a motion of urgent importance read by Hon. Enema Paul, member representing (Dekina/Okura), State Constituency, he said 17 lawmaker signed the impeachment of Hon. Ahmed Mohammed and the suspension of two other principal officers in the house.
Our Kogi State Correspodent reports that the principal officers removed from office are Bello Hassan Balogun, (Majority Leader), Idris Ndako, (Deputy Majority Leader) and Hon. Edoko Moses Ododo, (Chief Whip).
RT Hon. Ahmed Mohammed, Bello Hassan Balogun, and Edoko Moses Ododo were however suspended indefinitely from the house pending the outcome of the investigation levelled against them.
The house however, announced Alfa Momoh Rabiu, lawmaker representing Ankpa II as the new Deputy Speaker.
Other new principal officers elected are Hon. 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 committee
Before the impeachment process, there was heavy presence of security personnel's at the Assembly complex consisting of the Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) and Department of State Services, (DSS).
It would 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.
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