Nasarawa Lawmakers Insistence Of Impeaching Al-Makura Dangerous-Col. Umar

                                       Col. Dangiwa Umar (rtd) Former military governor of Kaduna state, retired Colonel Abubakar Dangiwa Umar, yesterday warned that the insistence by members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Tanko Al-Makura was dangerous and may lead to chaos in the state.

In a press statement captioned “Legislative Despotism in Nasarawa State” which he sent to SaharaReporters, Mr. Umar urged all people of conscience to stand up and speak against the legislators’ renewed action.

“The decision by the Nasarawa state PDP-controlled legislature to insist on proceeding with the impeachment of Governor Tanko Almakura even after the panel set up by the Chief Judge of the state found no merit in the allegations can best be described as dangerous politics of brinkmanship which can only result in serious security breach in the state.”
He also stated that Nigerians knew the antics, saying, “Nigerians are not fooled by the antics of the legislators who would want us to believe that the impeachment is necessitated by the need of good governance in the state.  All evidence points to the unpopularity of their action which has so far elicited strident opposition from both traditional and religious leaders as indeed the general public in the state.
"It has become incumbent on all people of goodwill to oppose and speak out against this dangerous abuse of legislative powers. The provision of the impeachment clause in our extant constitution does not envisage such abuse as we see in the action of the Nasarawa legislature.We therefore appeal to them to exercise their powers with due regard to the general interest of their people and not in pursuit of their narrow partisan political interests as is clearly the case in this impeachment gambit.”