The House of Representatives is to intervene in the impeachment of the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, Mr Abdulahi Bello and other principal officers of the house.

The house resolved to send an ad-hoc committee to the state to meet with the executive and legislative arm of government to resolve the matter.

This followed a motion moved by a lawmaker, Honorable Ossai ossai, who said the incident was a reminder of similar actions in Ogun and Oyo states in the last dispensation, where a minority number sat and impeached the leadership of the assemblies with the support of the state executives.

He stated the impeachment in Kogi state clearly violated the 1999 Constitution (as amended), which required a two-third majority of members to effect such impeachment processes.

Members of the Kogi state House of Assembly on Tuesday, impeached the Speaker of the Assembly, Abdullahi Bello and ten other principal officers.

17 out of 25

Meanwhile, a statement by the new Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly Honourable Momoh Lawal on Wednesday, enjoined people of the state to disregard the claim by the impeached Speaker saying he was not impeached by the required two-third majority.

The statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the new Speaker, Mr Akubo Austin stated that the impeached Speaker, Honourable Abdullahi Bello was impeached by simple majority of 17 out of the 25 members.

The statement further noted that the governor and leadership of People’s Democratic Party in the state have already accepted Honourable Lawal as the new speaker of the state assembly.

“Members of mass media and general public are hereby called upon to disregard the utterances of the former Speaker or his aides claiming to still retain his seat after he has been impeached by the majority of the member of the house by all democratic standard and procedures “the statement read.