Lawmakers in Niger State have reportedly broken a
padlock used to lock the gate of the State House of Assembly complex in
a bid to prevent Governor Babangida Aliyu from being impeached.
The
action was reportedly taken to prevent the legislators from forming a
quorum with which they could carry out impeachment threats against the
governor.
The lawmakers were said to have demanded
that the gate be opened and when their request was denied, they
proceeded to break the padlock.
“Are we
prisoners? Did we beat anyone? Did we cause riot? Why should you lock us
in? These people are trying to create trouble when there is no
trouble,” some of the legislators said.
The
lawmakers are said to be plotting to impeach the governor due to his
failure to pay their severance allowances half salary since February
this year.
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