Government of Zamfara has refuted allegations by the Peoples Democratic Party that the state governor, Bello Matawalle was instigating the State House of Assembly to impeach his deputy, Mohammed Gusau.
This was contained in a statement released on Saturday and signed by Matawalle’s Special Adviser, Public Enlightenment, Media and Communications, Zailani Bappa, titled, ‘PDP Must Be Held Accountable For Any Breach of Peace in Zamfara State.’
Recall that the PDP had earlier warned Matawalle to refrain from allegedly manipulating the State House of Assembly to commence impeachment process against his deputy, Mohammed Gusau.
The main opposition party in statement on Saturday signed by its National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba, accused the governor of “stoking and inducing violence in the state by orchestrating and manipulating the State House of Assembly to commence an illegal and undemocratic process of impeachment against the democratically elected Deputy Governor”.
However, in its response, the government said it was surprising that the main opposition party was not grounded in the provision of the Nigerian constitution which does not empower governors to remove their deputies.
The state government noted that contrary to the claims, Matawalle was focused on his mandates and overwhelmed with the persistent fight against banditry in the state.
According to the government, what Zamfara State will not welcome is added crisis to the existing one in the state. Zamfara State is fighting bandits and has no intention to fight Political bandits at this time, nor any time in the future.