BREAKING: Gombe lawmakers ‘remove’ speaker, majority leader, deputy chief whip
Abubakar Luggerewo, representing Akko Central, has been sworn in as the 7th speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, replacing Ibrahim Abubakar of the All Progressives Congress.
Our correspondent gathered on Tuesday that this was done through voice
votes by 16 members out of 24 members of the House of Assembly, comprising 20
APC and 4 Peoples Democratic Party members.
Luggerewo, aged 36 years, was sworn in by deputy speaker, Siddi Buba,
from Kwami West constituency.
A former deputy speaker, Shuaibu Adamu, announced the names of the 16
members and the motion of the impeachment which was moved by Saddam Bello,
representing Funakaye constituency.
According to Buba, a member representing Balanga North, the decision to
impeach Ibrahim Abubakar is a collective one.
He said, “The former Speaker of the house was removed due to lack of
confidence. We lost confidence in his leadership; and as a house, we are at
liberty to change leadership. Once you lack confidence in someone then there
has been a breach. We felt the best thing was to remove him and replace him
with a brand new speaker.”
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