Sacked Governor Nyako Vows To Challenge Impeachment In Court

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Ousted Adamawa State Governor Murtala Nyako has described his impeachment by the House of Assembly as illegal.

He vowed yesterday to challenge the process in court to reclaim his mandate.

Nyako, who spoke through his Director of Press and Public Affairs, Ahmad Sajoh, said divine justice would soon be done.

Read his statement in part:

“Everything they have done is illegal. They have contravened the Constitution; they have violated court order. Their motto is that if they don’t subdue, they will destroy.

“They have done their worst, they can’t go beyond this. But there is divine justice waiting for all in the end. Can anyone run away from divine justice?

“They have done it. We are people of faith. Without the leave of Allah, they cannot do it. Sometimes, Allah gives and takes power. Sometimes, Allah chooses the most difficult path to take power but at the end of the day a pleasant era will come.

“Allah’s will has been done but we are challenging the process in the court. This is not only for the sake of reclaiming the mandate but for the sake of posterity.”

After deliberating on the report of the Investigative Panel headed by Buba Kaigama, 18 of the 25 members of the Adamawa Assembly opted to remove Nyako.

There were plans to arrest Nyako, who was said to have left Yola late Monday.

Shortly after the impeachment, the Assembly wrote the acting Chief Judge of the state to inaugurate Speaker Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri as the acting governor.

According to sources, PDP leaders in the state opted for “arm-twisting” when they discovered that they could not initially secure the majority to remove Nyako.

But to push the impeachment proceeding through, the “hawks” prevailed on Ngilari to resign.

A source said: “The resignation of Ngilari was the joker which was used to convince pro-Nyako lawmakers that the game was up.

“Those against Nyako queried the rationale of leaving the governor untouched when the deputy has quit.

“The game-plan is to compensate Ngilari with a juicy appointment.”

It was gathered that to intimidate the Assembly members, those against Nyako in the Presidency mobilised troops, policemen and security agents to Yola.

Meanwhile the National Vice Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Northeast, Mr. Babachir David Lawal, described Nyako’s impeachment as “illegal”.

Lawal Statement in part: 

“The whole process was characterized by a litany of illegalities. The constitution requires a direct service of impeachment notice on the governor and this was not done by the House of Assembly. The Assembly opted for substituted service but the Supreme Court has ruled that such a notice must be personally served.

“But we know we are dealing with people who have no respect for law; we are dealing with members of the House of Assembly who have no respect for the constitution they have sworn to obey.

“They are doing this because they have the assurances of their sponsors in Abuja that whatever illegalities they committed, they would assist them to sustain it.”