The Speaker, Kaduna State House of Assembly, Hon.
Usman Gangara, from Giwa East Constituency and his deputy, Dr. Dogara Mato from Lere Constituency were today, impeached by 19 out 34 members of the Assembly.
The former speaker, his deputy and six other principal officers of the House were all absent when the impeachment proceeding presided over by Hon. Philemon Usman was carried out.
19 out 26 eligible voters from 34 members that were present during the session endorsed the impeachment.
A new speaker was immediately elected.
Hon. Shehu Usman Tahir representing Giwa West Constituency was elected while Peter Adamu representing Kagarko Constituency was elected Deputy Speaker.
Addressing journalists shortly after his election, the new Speaker debunked the claim that Vice President Namadi Sambo and Kaduna state governor, Mukhtar Yero were behind the impeachment adding that the desire to change the leadership was to have a robust lawmaking in the state which was lacking in the last leadership.
As at the time of filing this report, the impeached speaker and his deputy are yet to respond to the development.
The aggrieved members had last month issued the former speaker and other principal officers of the house a 30-day ultimatum to resign on grounds of incompetency and alleged gross misconduct.
A member of the House loyal to the embattled speaker, who craved for anonymity, told Channels Television that the impeachment of the speaker and his deputy was done with the encouragement and support of the executive arm of government on grounds of not being loyal to the state government and the Vice President.
