Kogi governorship candidate of Social Democratic Party (SDP), Bar Natasha Akpoti has described the impeachment of Kogi Deputy Governor, Elder Simon Achuba as unconstitutional and undemocratic.
Addressing newsmen in Abuja, Akpoti said irrespective of party affiliations, the undemocratic impeachment of Achuba should be condemned by well meaning Nigerians.
“It is not about Elder Simon Achuba, it is about Nigeria’s democracy and the brazen antidemocratic practise demonstrated in Kogi State must be condemned,” she said.
Akpoti noted that it is quite unfortunate that the state Assembly which ought to protect democratic tenets are subjects of the governor and decided to act contrary to the reports of the Investigative panel.
Recall that, Chairman Investigate Panel on Impeachment of the Deputy Governor, John Baiyeshea SAN had stated on Friday that Kogi State Assembly acted contrary to the report he submitted.
Baiyeshea SAN had said, “this is the most bizarre thing that I have ever heard in my life. We submitted the report to the speaker around 1pm and I left Lokoja for Abuja. I was at Gwagwalada area when one of the panel’s members who had not left Lokoja called to tell me that he saw it on television that the deputy governor had been impeached.
“As far as the report that we submitted to the house of assembly is concerned, the committee returned the decision that all the allegations were not proved. What the constitution said by section 188(8) is that, ‘once the panel returns a verdict like that. No further proceedings can be taken on it.
“That is it. It is only when the panel returns a verdict that allegations have been proved (to be true) that they can go ahead within 40 days. When did the house sit? We delivered the documents and the house was not even in session today.”
