Members of the Adamawa State House of Assembly have impeached their deputy speaker, Mr Emmanuel Tsamdu, and two other principal officers of the House.

Speaker of the House, Mr Kabiru Mijinyawa, confirmed the impeachment on Saturday in Yola, the state capital.

The other lawmakers impeached are the majority leader of the House, Mr Hassan Barguma, and the deputy majority leader, Mr Abubakar Isa.

According to a list displayed by a member of the House, 17 members signed the notice for the impeachment of the three principal officers.

Mr Mijinyawa disclosed that the lawmakers consequently elected Mr Lunsumbani Dili as the new deputy speaker.

He added that a member of the House, Mr Muhammad Hayatu, was elected as the new majority leader while Mr Muhammadu Sani-Shehu was elected as the deputy majority leader.

Dili is a member of the All Progressives Congress from Demsa Local Government Area of the state.

The Speaker, however, did not give the reason for the impeachment of the three lawmakers.

Reacting to the development, Tsamdu insisted that he remained the deputy speaker and that he has not been impeached.

He also condemned the purported list of lawmakers who signed the impeachment notice.

“That was an attempt for impeachment, it is not impeachment,” the embattled deputy speaker said.

He added, “They were only 13 members out of 17 that signed, I read the names one after the other.”

“The other four that they are claiming, they didn’t sign because they were not in the chamber. The law says that you must be present in the chamber.”