Matawalle appoints Gusau as Zamfara Assembly impeaches Deputy Governor

Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, has appointed Senator Hassan Mohammed Gusau as deputy governor following the impeachment of Barr. Mahdi Aliyu Gusau.

Sen Gasau defected from the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressive Congress (APC) in June 2021, in solidarity with the governor. He represents the Zamfara Central at the National Assembly.

The Zamfara Assembly, in its resumed plenary on Wednesday, impeached Gusau as Deputy Governor with immediate effect.

A seven-man investigative panel had been set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to investigate the allegations against him.

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The lawmakers, in a statement by Shamsudeen Basko, House Standing Committee Chairman, said the deputy governor was accused of abusing office, criminal self-enrichment using public fund and failure to discharge official duties.

But beyond the allegations is the well-known fact that deputy governor Gusau had fallen out of favour with Governor Matawalle, following his refusal to join the governor in defecting to APC from the PDP.

RELIABLESOURCENG.COM reports that all the elected officials from Zamfara State on the platform of the PDP had joined Governor Matawalle when he decamped from PDP to APC in June 2021.