APC condemns planned impeachment of Adamawa governor
By Suleiman Bello
Adamawa State chapter of All Progressives Congress, APC, has accused the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP-led Assembly of acting out the party’s script by serving impeachment notices on the state Governor, Murtala Nyako, and his deputy, Bala Ngilari.
Speaking to journalists on Thursday in Yola, the Publicity Secretary of the APC, Phineas Padio, said the Assembly’s action left no one in doubt of the Speaker, Ahmadu Fintiri’s blind ambition to become governor of the state.
According to him, the allegations against the Governor were not only laughable but embarrassing coming from lawmakers.
“There is no way a house will bring something that happened in 2007, during previous legislations, as some of its allegation against the Governor. It goofed,” Padio said.
He pointed out that the Speaker, who had been nursing a gubernatorial ambition on the platform of the APC, became angry with the party when Binta Masi from the same zone as him emerged the state chairperson, blocking his chances.
Mr. Padio, who commended groups and individuals for showing solidarity with the state APC led government over the matter, urged the people of Adamawa to resist the lawmakers attempt to scarify the state based on selfish ambitions.
As the situation in the state looks unpalatable, a report has it that some members of the State House of Assembly had fled Yola for Abuja immediately after their sitting where they ordered the clerk of the House to serve the state governor and his deputy impeachment notices.
Nine members of the Assembly have reportedly denied putting their signature on the impeachment notice.
It was gathered that the lawmakers ran away from the state for fear of being lynched by protesters in Yola who condemned their action.
The state Commissioner of Police, John Abakasanga, in a statement by the command spokesperson DSP, Othman Abubakar, warned “desperate politicians” trying to set the state ablaze for personal reasons.
He said that the state police command was ready to deal with any ugly situation and advised members of the public to go about their normal business without fear.
Contractor threatens to sue Assembly
One of the contractors mentioned in the notice of impeachment sent to Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State by the State House Of Assembly on Wednesday, Hydro Source Resources Limited, gave the Assembly seven days to apologise to the company or it would be forced to seek redress in the law court.
Addressing a press conference at the Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, press centre, M. A. Bello, counsel to the contractor, said, “Paragraph six of the allegations stated that Hydro Source was given N300 million to move to site.”
But stressed that the company was at no point in time given such money. He noted that his client was a major contractor to the Adamawa State government and that the state awarded contracts for the construction roads within the state to the tune of N1.1billion including the Mubi bye pass road that is in contention.
According to him, the state government had only paid N600 million to his client and lamented about the inclusion of his client on the alleged corrupt deal of the state governor, noting that the action had brought embarrassment to the chairman of the company, Maiwada Baba.
He then urged the House members to make statement on any issues brought before them without verifying it to avoid what could cause disunity and lead to the breakdown of law and order in the state particularly in this trying times.
