Ugar Ukandi Odey, Jos
Member representing Jos North East in the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon Esther Simi Dusu, has denied as false claim by the Secretary to the Government of the State, Professor Danladi Abok Atu, that she was one of the signatories for the ‘impeachment’ of the House Speaker by seven members.
Hon Dusu, PDP, and the only female member of the House, said she is embarrassed by the claim made by the SGS, noting that it is even disappointing that a person as highly placed as Professor Atu “will condescend so low and tell such a barefaced lie”.
The House member who wondered why the SGS abandoned the subject matter of why the Afizere Youth Parliament visited him, said she has never been party to any discussion to impeach the Speaker, let alone being privy or signatory to any paper or document to impeach the Speaker.
She said as a member of the House on the PDP platform, the Speaker, Honourable Abok Nuhu Ayuba, was not impeached, because majority of the members have confidence and belief in the House leadership under Ayuba, and the majority of them cannot allow a few persons to take decisions for them.
In a statement titled “distance me from mischief makers”, Hon Dusu said “I strongly dissociate myself from a report from “representatives of Afizere Youth Parliament in which my name was mentioned”.
According to her, “the said report claiming to ge the outcome of a meeting the Afizere Youth Parliament and the Secretary to the Government of Plateau State, Professor Danladi Atu, was said to have discussed many issues including the unlawful and undemocratic attempt to illegally remove the Rt. Hon Abok Ayuba as Speaker”.
She also said “I would have dismissed the report with a wave of the hand, but I am constrained to correct the wrong impression and dispel tissues of lies about my person, as representative of the women, youth, and the good people of Jos North West State Constituency”.
