Kogi Assembly Describes Deputy Gov. As ‘Security Threat,’ Hands Him Notice Of Impeachment

Fourteen members of the Kogi State House of Assembly loyal to the embattled Speaker,
Honourable Momoh Jimoh Lawal have issued an impeachment notice to the state deputy governor, Mr. Simon Achuba who was sworn-in barely two weeks ago.
The 14 members who conducted the House plenary sitting in Abuja on Friday, accused the deputy governor of causing disharmony and security threat in the state.
Achuba was given 14 days to respond to the notice in accordance with Section 188 of 1999 Constitution as amended.
At the plenary presided over by Speaker Lawal, the House accused the deputy governor of causing chaos among the lawmakers in the state and setting the legislature against
the executive arm of government, barely a week after being confirmed and sworn in.
The notice, entitled: “Impeachable Offences Committed By His Excellency, the Deputy Governor of Kogi State, Hon Simeon Achuba,”
was signed by all the members that were present at the plenary in Abuja.
The embattled deputy governor was accused of “undue” interference in the affairs of the state House of Assembly thereby causing friction between the executive and the legislative arms of government in the state.
They also alleged that the deputy governor was instigating members of the assembly to
“forcefully and unlawfully” change the leadership of the House without recourse to the
rules of the House.
The notice accused the deputy governor of instigating five members of the House to sit despite the proclamation by the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly adjourning to a later date.
They insisted that the deputy governor was performing legislative function by swearing in the “purported Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly in his office, “contrary to the
extant provisions of the House Rules and in flagrant abuse of the tenets of democracy and
separation of powers as enshrined in the 1999 Constitution.”
The deputy governor was accused of generally causing disaffection by inciting certain sections of the state against another, thereby causing disharmony and security threat in the state. [myad]