Impeachment panel to commence sitting on Al-Makura today
The Seven-man panel constituted by the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Suleiman Dikko to investigate allegations of gross misconduct and misappropriation of funds contained in the 16-point impeachment notice signed by 20 lawmakers in the state assembly, will commence sitting today, according to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the state High Courts Headquarters, […]
Impeachment panel to commence sitting on Al-Makura today
The Seven-man panel constituted by the Chief Judge of Nasarawa State, Justice Suleiman Dikko to investigate allegations of gross misconduct and misappropriation of funds contained in the 16-point impeachment notice signed by 20 lawmakers in the state assembly, will commence sitting today, according to the Public Relations Officer (PRO) at the state High Courts Headquarters, Mr. Enoch Ali Maku.
Maku told Daily Trust through the telephone, yesterday, that the panel has concluded arrangements to sit today.
“They will commence sitting tomorrow,” Mr. Maku said.
The panel has three months to investigate the allegations, and submit its report in accordance with the provisions of the constitution.
The state CJ, Justice Dikko, last Friday, inaugurated the Seven-man panel in Lafia, a day after President Goodluck Jonathan broke the cloud of silence that hung over the impeachment process, by meeting the lawmakers in the helm of the plot to oust Governor Umaru Tanko Al-Makura.
The House, on July 14 reconvened from an ongoing recess at an emergency session, and passed a motion of impeachment, alleging various breaches of the provisions of the constitution against Al-Makura, including misappropriation of funds from 2011 and 2014, as well as alleged gross misconduct and abuse of office processes. 20 of the 24 lawmakers, all of them of the PDP, signed the impeachment notice, containing 16-count charges, which copy is yet to be made public.
The lawmakers have since published the impeachment notice containing the 16-count charges against Al-Makura, after they made frantic efforts for three days to serve the notice on the governor. Al-Makura is yet to respond to the allegations, as his team is picking holes in the substituted service.
Members of the investigative panel are: Yusuf Shehu Usman as chairman, and Mohammed Sabo Keana; a former Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Reverend Joel Galadima, Alhaji Abdul Usman, Samuel Chaku, Mohammed Sani Usman and Pastor Daniel Chaga as members.
