17 members of Kogi State House of Assembly in their emergency seating on Friday have impeached four principal officers of the House for alleged gross misconduct
Those impeached are the Deputy Speaker- Ahmed Mohammed representing Ankpa one, Majority Leader – Bello Hassan Abdullahi representing Ajaokuta , Deputy Majority leader – Ndakwo Idris representing Lokoja one and Deputy Chief Whip – Moses Ododo representing Dekina/Biraidu state constituency.
At the emergency seating , Hon. Enema Paul representing Dekina/Biraidu state constituency who read the notice of impeachment on the floor of the house duly signed by 17 members stated that the four principal officers were impeached for blackmailing members of the assembly on social media, a conduct he said had contravened the ethics of the legislative arm of government.
Paul immediately announced the following members as the new principal officers to replace the impeached members
They are Rabiu Alfa Momoh the Deputy Speaker, Muktar Bajeh is now the Majority Leader , Chief Whip- Dahiru Ahmed and Deputy Chief whip- Enema Paul
He further mentioned that the impeached principal officers except Ndakwo Idris were also suspended pending the investigation of the gross misconduct leveled against them by the House and moved for the impeachment of the alleged offenders.
Speaker of the House Rt Hon. Matthew Kolawole who precided over the emergency seating, said 17 members of the house have signed the impeached and through a voice vote the members approved the impeachment.
The Speaker therefore caution members of the House against granting interview that will push them into trouble, stressing that the unity of the assembly is very sacrosanct.
