August 24, (THEWILL) – The Speaker of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, the Rt. Hon. Abdulmumeen Kamba, and the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Muhammad Buhari-Aleiro, have been impeached.
Their impeachment was announced by the Chairman House Committee on Information and Culture, Muhammad Tukur, after a closed-door plenary session in the Assembly on Tuesday.
He said the Speaker was immediately replaced by Deputy Chief Whip, Hon. Muhammad Abubakar-Lolo while the Deputy Speaker was replaced by Hon. Muhammad Usman.
Tukur, who did not disclose the reason for the impeachment of the principal officers, said 20 out of 24 members, including the Chief Whip, House Leader and the Deputy House Leader, attended the session.