Eighteen out of 24 lawmakers in the Zamfara State House of Assembly have impeached the Speaker, Hon. Bilyaminu Moriki.
The lawmakers, however, ratified Hon. Bashar Gummi as the pro-tempore Speaker.
It was gathered that 18 out of 24 members unanimously agreed to impeach the Speaker during an emergency meeting on Thursday night.
The lawmakers said that the Speaker’s impeachment followed the resurgence of insecurity as a result of the bandits’ persistent attacks on communities across the state.
According to Hon. Shamsudeen Basko representing Talata Mafara, the lawmakers have mandated the new Speaker to give top priority to the issue of insecurity across the state.
“I have two issues but an observation was made on one, which is that of insecurity, which has been disturbing Zamfara residents, some are being killed and abducted,” he added.
“We need to stand up and do something to defend our people because the armed bandits are invading local government headquarters unchallenged
