The Deputy Governor of Kogi State who was impeached by the State House of Assembly, Mr Simon Achuba, has said that he remains the deputy governor of the state.
Achuba, who spoke through his counsel, Mr Jibrin Okutepa (SAN), in an interview with one of our correspondents said he was not found guilty of any of the allegations against him.
He said he would challenge the said impeachment in court, adding that he had not been removed.
Okutepa said, “The case is in court. They ignored the case in court. The case is coming up . We are going back to the court. Nigeria is a country that should be ruled by the constitution. We are not a jungle country.
“There is no impeachment. From nothing, nothing comes. You cannot put something on nothing and expect it to stand.”
The Chairman of the panel investigating allegations of gross misconduct against Achuba, Mr John Baiyeshea (SAN), in an interview with one of our correspondents said the panel did not find the deputy governor guilty of any of the allegations levelled against him.
He stated that the allegations against the deputy governor were not proved.
Baiyeshea said, “This is the most bizarre thing that I have ever heard in my life. We submitted the report to the Speaker around 1pm today and I left Lokoja for Abuja. I was at Gwagwalada area when one of the panel’s members who had not left Lokoja called to tell me that he saw it on television that the deputy governor had been impeached.
“As far as the report that we submitted to the House of Assembly is concerned, the committee returned the decision that all the allegations were not proved. What the Constitution said by Section 188(8) is that, ‘once the panel returns a verdict like that. No further proceedings can be taken on it.’ That is it. It is only when the panel returns a verdict that allegations have been proved (to be true) that they can go ahead within 40 days.
“When did the House sit? We delivered the documents and the House was not even in session today, (Friday.) Assuming the House convened, you can see that less than one hour after we submitted our report.”
The leader of the House of Assembly, Hassan Abdulahi, representing Ajaokuta State Constituency, who had announced the impeachment, said Achuba was removed after careful consideration of the report of the John Baiyeshea Committee submitted earlier on Friday.
He said that the report was studied and deliberated upon after which a unanimous decision was arrived at to remove him and “he therefore stands impeached”.
The committee was set up in August following allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the deputy governor after he accused the state governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, of withholding his salaries and imprest since 2017, an allegation denied by the government during hearing by the committee.
Kogi: I Remain The Deputy Governor - Achuba Reacts To Impeachment
October 19, 2019
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