From Noah Ocheni, Lokoja
Kogi State House of Assembly on Friday in Lokoja impeached the deputy speaker, RT. Hon. Ahmed Muhammed and three other principal officers of the House.
Others impeached on the floor of the house include Majority Speaker – Bello Hassan Abdullahi, Deputy Majority leader – Ndakwo Idris and Deputy Chief Whip – Moses Ododo.
In an emergency sitting held at the Assembly Complex in Lokoja on Friday, the lawmakers accused Ahmed Muhammed of gross mis-conduct and arbitrariness in the discharge of his official assignment.
In a motion of urgent importance moved by Hon. Enema Paul, member representing Okura Constituency, he said 17 lawmakers signed the impeachment of Hon. Ahmed Mohammed and others.
It was gathered that the principal officers removed from office were later suspended from the house to pave way for investigation. They are the Deputy Speaker, RT. Hon. Ahmed Muhammed, Bello Hassan Balogun, Majority Leader, and Hon. Moses Ododo, Chief Whip.
The House thereafter elected Alfa Momoh Rabiu, lawmaker representing Ankpa II as the new Deputy Speaker of the state assembly.
Other new principal officers elected are Hon. Muktar Bajeh, (Majority Leader), Umar Isah Tanimu, ( Deputy Majority Leader), Enema Paul, (Deputy Chief Whip), and Ahmed Dahiru, (Chief Whip).
17 out of the 25 lawmakers were present during the impeachment process.
The Speaker, Prince Mathew Kolawole had earlier announced the dissolution of all the house standing committee.
Our correspondent reports that there was heavy presence of security personnel’s at the Assembly complex consisting of the Nigerian Police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, (NSCDC) and Department of State Services, (DSS) respectively.
