Youths in Plateau State on Monday staged a protest at the state House of Assembly to protest the impeachment of former speaker, Hon. Abok Ayuba Nuhu.
The youths who mobilized enmass began to converge at the front of the Assembly’s complex as early as 4 am amid heavy security.
Recall the Speaker of the Plateau Assembly, Nuhu was impeached last week.
His impeachment occurred at the plenary on Thursday after 16 out of 24 members of the Assembly voted him out.
He was replaced with Sanda Yakubu, who hails from Pingana constituency of Bassa Local Government Area of the state.
A group known as the Youths Rights Against Corruption (YRAC) had petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accusing Nuhu of financial misappropriation.
The group also alleged that he had been abusing his office.
The Executive Director of the group, Comrade Abednego Musa, in the petition titled “Petition Against Plateau State House of Assembly Speaker, Nuhu Abok Ayuba On Gross Financial Misconduct, Criminal Breach Of Public Trust And Abuse Of Office,” had asked Nuhu to immediately step down from his position, pending the completion of the EFCC investigation.
The petition addressed to the Chairman of the EFCC, said, “Further to a popular demand by some members of the public to our office, this petition is written to acquaint your agency EFCC, with the gross financial misconduct and the abuse of office being perpetrated by the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Honorable Nuhu Abok Ayuba, for a thorough investigation so as to avert a further bleeding of the public treasury under his care and restore sanity in the functioning of the state’s legislative establishment.”
But Nuhu was quoted to have faulted the impeachment process, adding that his removal was illegal because 2/3 of the members did not sign his impeachment.
Soon after his impeachment on Thursday, the factional speaker held a parallel session with members loyal to him at a community hall in Zawan community of Bassa LGA of the state.
