DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF TARABA STATE IMPEACHED

Taraba State House of Assembly on Thursday impeached the state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Sani Abubakar. He was accused of gross misconduct and upon investigation, he was found guilty of the three allegations against him. The report said Abubakar used his office to divert MDG projects to Yagai Academy, a private school, which belonged to him.

Secondly, the deputy governor was guilty of using his office to influence the posting of an officer and interfering in the affairs of his Karim-Lamido Local Government. It said the interference was to the extent that the communities were complaining of the negative attitude of the officer.

On the third allegation of the inability of the deputy governor to convene a meeting of the state Boundary Commission, the panel described it as incompetence on his part. Twenty of the 24 members of the assembly voted in favour of the report and by virtue of section 188 (9) of the 1999 Constitution, the deputy governor was removed.