If Nyako is impeached…

his political disciples would en masse desert him, while his antagonists would be jubilant. There will be serious manoeuvres and horse-trading by those who championed the impeachment- to grab for themselves, allies or political sons and daughters any available political position.Speaker, Umar Fintiri could be the greatest beneficiary- he would be the acting governor. However, […]

his political disciples would en masse desert him, while his antagonists would be jubilant. There will be serious manoeuvres and horse-trading by those who championed the impeachment- to grab for themselves, allies or political sons and daughters any available political position.
Speaker, Umar Fintiri could be the greatest beneficiary- he would be the acting governor. However, government patronage and appeasement would be the order of the day- Fintiri, would, with every effort, try to be the good guy ( any one that finds him/herself in such situation would behave same)- because, the PDP governorship ticket will be few centimetres away from his grab.
On the other hand, all the members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly would be ‘governors’ too –one of their own has taken control.  Deputy Governor Ngilari, who has the best chance of getting the PDP governorship ticket before his name was included in the impeachment proceeding, would greatly lose ground- unlucky man; he would found himself in a state where tongue, faith and mundane issues determine who gets what.
If Fintiri, at the end of the day becomes the acting governor, from that time on till the next governorship elections, politics would replace policies and good governance- and nothing can be done about it.  Nyako, if impeached, would have made history- he became governor through confusion, led in confusion and kicked-out amidst confusion; he would best be described as a confused man.
 
Zayyad I. Muhammad, Jimeta, Adamawa State < [email protected]>;