The Kogi state House of Assembly on Friday impeached the embattled Deputy Governor of the state, Elder Simon Achuba.
Achuba’s impeachment followed the submission earlier in the day of the report of the committee set up by the state Chief Judge, Justice Nadir Ajana, to investigate allegations of gross misconduct levied against the former deputy governor by the house.
The leader of the house, Hassan Bello Abdulahi, representing Ajaokuta State Constituency, who announced the decision of the house, said that Achuba stands impeached after a careful consideration of the report of the John Bayasea-led committee submitted earlier on Friday.
He said that the report was received, studied and deliberated upon and a unanimous decision was arrived at to impeach him and “he therefore stands impeached.”
The seven-man committee headed by John Bayeshea submitted the report to the Speaker, Kogi State House of Assembly, Mathew Kolawole, on Friday in a brief ceremony after which the house went into a closed door session where the report was considered and deliberated upon.
The committee was set up in August following allegations of gross misconduct levied against the Deputy Governor when he accused the state Governor, Alhaji Yahaya Bello of withholding his salaries and imprests since 2017, an allegation denied by the government during hearing by the committee.
The Director General, Media and Publicity to the Kogi state Governor, Kingsley Fanwo, also accused the embattled Deputy Governor, of attempting to set the state on fire.
He said that the Deputy Governor’s interview on a national television saying that the Governor was orchestrating violence was an incitement against the Governor and the Government of Kogi State.
The deputy governor’s denial of the allegations, however, did not change anything, as the he was eventually impeached on Friday.
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