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| Retired Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar |
Former military governor of Kaduna
state, retired Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, yesterday warned that the
insistence by members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly to impeach
Governor Tanko Al-Makura was dangerous and may lead to chaos in the state.
In a press statement
captioned “Legislative Despotism in Nasarawa State” which he sent to
SaharaReporters, Mr. Umar urged all people of conscience to stand up and speak
against the legislators’ renewed action.
“The decision by the Nasarawa state
PDP-controlled legislature to insist on proceeding with the impeachment of
Governor Tanko Almakura even after the panel set up by the Chief Judge of the
state found no merit in the allegations can best be described as dangerous
politics of brinkmanship which can only result in serious security breach in
the state.”
He also stated that Nigerians knew
the antics, saying, “Nigerians are not fooled by the antics of the legislators
who would want us to believe that the impeachment is necessitated by the need
of good governance in the state. All evidence points to the unpopularity
of their action which has so far elicited strident opposition from both
traditional and religious leaders as indeed the general public in the state.
"It has become incumbent on all
people of goodwill to oppose and speak out against this dangerous abuse of
legislative powers. The provision of the impeachment clause in our extant
constitution does not envisage such abuse as we see in the action of the
Nasarawa legislature.We therefore appeal to them to exercise their powers with
due regard to the general interest of their people and not in pursuit of their
narrow partisan political interests as is clearly the case in this impeachment
gambit.”
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