NewsNigeriaPoliticsEight Members of Zamfara House Of Assembly Suspended Over Mischief, Illegal Sitting

Eight lawmakers of the Zamfara House of Assembly on Monday suspended for alleged misconduct, conspiracy, mischief, and illegal sitting.

The Speaker of the House, Bilyaminu Moriki, announced the suspension at the Assembly’s plenary in Gusau on Monday, following a motion moved by the Majority Leader, Bello Mazawaje, PDP-Tsafe East.

Mazawaje said the lawmakers were suspended based on the violation of the Assembly’s Order 10, Rule 9.

According to him, the suspended members, on Thursday blocked some members from gaining access to the Assembly’s chamber, after they broke the doors to the office of the Clerk and the Sergeant at Arm of the Assembly and conducted the unlawful sitting.

The Speaker urged the lawmakers to agree with the motion to suspend the eight members for alleged contempt of the house, conspiracy, conducting illegal sitting, mischief, and misconduct.

In his contribution, the Minority Whip to the House, Nura Dahiru, APC-Birnin Magaji Constituency, urged the leadership of the Assembly to ensure a thorough investigation into the matter and ensure justice and fairness.

The Deputy Speaker of the House, Adamu Aliyu, PDP-Gummi II, said the lawmakers must be sanctioned to maintain law and order in the legislative process in the state.

Also, the Chief Whip to the House, Rilwanu Marafa (PDP-Anka constituency), described the conduct of the alleged illegal sitting by the lawmakers as a disgrace to the Assembly and called on his colleagues to take disciplinary action against the lawmakers.

The suspended lawmakers include Bashir Aliyu, PDP-Gummi 1; Amiru Keta, PDP-Tsafe West; Nasiru Abdullahi (PDP-Maru South); Bashir Masama (PDP-Bukkuyum North); Faruku Dosara (APC-Maradun 1); Ibrahim Tukur (APC-Bakura Constituency); Shamsudeen Hassan (APC Talata-Mafara North) and Bashiru Sarkin-Zango (PDP-Bungudu West).

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Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.

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