BREAKING: Kebbi Assembly Impeaches Speaker At 10

The Speaker of Kebbi State House of Assembly,

Hon. Habib Musa Jega has been impeached.

Hon. Mohammed Shalla Gwandu has been sworn-

in by the clerk of the House, Shehu Usman Randali,

as

the new Speaker.

The impeachment, which took place around

10:25pm

at the House of Assembly in Birnin Kebbi was

signed

by 16 members out of 24 members of the

House.

Shortly after the swearing of the new speaker,

Hon

Mohammed Shalla Gwandu thanked the House

for

the trust they had in him and promised to work

harmoniously with all members and the state

government.

“I thank all the members for the confidence they

have

in me and promise to wok harmoniously with

both

the state government and members of the House

so

that our people will reap dividends of

democracy,” he

said.

Hon Abdullahi Garba Fana representing Dandi

constituency told news men that the House sat

and

reviewed the performance of the former leader

and

concluded that the impeached speaker was

incompetent to continue as their leader.

When asked to mention the impeachable

offences

committed by the ex-speaker, he said “The

reason is

just incompetence and members have no

confidence

in him any longer.”

The impeachment is coming barely two days after

the news of 17 members of House allegedly planning

to dump the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the

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