TROUBLE IN JIGAWA, AS HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY IMPEACHES SPEAKER
Afnews Editor
May 09, 2019
The Speaker of Jigawa State House of Assembly, Isah Idris, has been impeached.
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The Speaker was impeached on Thursday in what appears to be an emergency seating with 20 out of 30 lawmakers present.
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The House, after the impeachment unanimously voted Idris Garba Kareka as the newly elected speaker of the House.
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The new Speaker, Idris Garba, was impeached as the speaker of the House in 2017 in a similar process.
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The impeachment of the Speaker comes a few days after the mace was destroyed by the lawmakers who got into a fight over leadership.
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The House was on Tuesday thrown into a rowdy session following a motion moved on the amendment of the standing rule of the state assembly.
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A member representing Yankwashi constituency, Alkasim Karkarna, was reported to have hit the mace which resulted in its destruction. (Channelstv)
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