Gombe State House of Assembly has suspended four All Progressives Congress (APC) members for allegedly conspiring to remove the mace, the chamber’s symbol of authority; in a bid to prevent the removal of Minority Leader, Ahmed Haruna.
The APC members were allegedly annoyed over Haruna’s role in the party’s ward and council’s congresses in the state.
Haruna reportedly held a press conference on May 5, soon after the APC ward congress, where he condemned the exercise in the state, describing it as ‘total failure’.
It was learnt that consequent upon the development, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP)-dominated assembly, felt aggrieved over the move by the minority leader and began the removal process.
Chairman of the House Committee on Information and Majority leader, Mr Fabulous Amos, a member of the PDP, while briefing newsmen in Gombe, announced the chamber’s decision to suspend the members.
He described the incident on the floor of the House as ‘undemocratic and unfortunate’.
“What happened, today (yesterday) is not good for any democratic setting. We are peace-loving members here, unfortunately, an incident occurred here.
