KOGI: Assembly begins process to impeach Gov Bello’s estranged Deputy, Achuba, for ‘non-performance..’

The Kogi State House of Assembly has commenced the process for the impeachment of the Deputy Governor, Simon Achuba.

During plenary on Wednesday, Majority Leader of the House, Abdullahi Bello (Ajaokuta, APC), read the impeachmryent notice as a petition on the floor.

According to him, the petition was based on three grounds of criminal indulgence, financial misappropriation and non-performance.

Bello added that 21 out of the 25 lawmakers had signed the petition.

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Kolawole Matthew, Speaker of the House of Assembly, agreed to the prayers in the petition and asked that impeachment notice be served on the deputy governor.

Matthew gave Achuba 14 days to respond to the allegations levelled against him.

He also said a panel will be set up to investigate Achuba’s side of the story.

Achuba has been locked in a bitter battle with Governor Yahaya Bello, and this latest move by the assembly will be seen by many as the governor’s doing.

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