Zamfara lawmakers impeach Speaker over insecurity

The members of the Zamfara State House of Assembly have impeached the Speaker, Bilyaminu Moriki, over insecurity in the state.

The lawmakers, who impeached Moriki at an emergency meeting on Thursday night, also appointed Bashar Gummi as the pro-tempo Speaker of the House.

The development followed a motion by the lawmaker representing Maru Constituency, Nasiru Abdullahi, and endorsed by 18 out of the 24 members of the House.

The 18 lawmakers unanimously agreed to impeach the Speaker, noting that the House failed to tackle the security challenges bewildering Zamfara State.

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They however urged the appointed pro-temporal Speaker to use his position to end insecurity which they said has almost crippled socio-economic activities in the state.

Speaking at the meeting, one of the lawmakers, Shamsudeen Basko, said: “I have two issues, but an observation was made on one, which is that of insecurity which has been disturbing our people. Our people are being killed and abducted on a daily basis.

“What are we doing in the Assembly? We need to stand up and do something to defend our people. This is because the armed bandits are invading local government headquarters unchallenged. Let us call on the government to act now to protect our people.”

The Star