Why we failed to save Nyako says Adamawa APC elders

Former governor of Adamawa State,  Murtala Nyako, who was impeached on Tuesday, seemed to have trudged on all alone while his travail lasted. What happened?

Governor Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of Kano was among the first to move to Yola in May, when the plot to impeach the then governor of Adamawa State, Murtala Nyako was thickening.
It had to take the intervention of what Adamawa politicians refer to as an ‘outsider’ for the state legislators to sheathe their swords albeit temporarily.

PDP moves to counter APC’s move to save Nyako

Stalwarts of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Adamawa State and their counterparts in the All Progressives Congress (APC) are engaged in last minute maneuvers to sustain their strategies on the bid to either impeach or save Governor Murtala Nyako and his deputy Bala Nglari from impeachment.

APC governors met Thursday night to device strategies towards frustrating the move while legislators from the state also met separately for the same purpose.

“We had called for his resignation and or impeachment times and over before now" says SASM

The Save Adamawa State Movement (SASM) has described the impeachment notice served on Governor Murtala Nyako by the State House of Assembly as a welcome development.

The Movement in a press statement issued in Abuja noted that all the facts adduced by the legislators are key issues members of the issues it has been raising on the governor for about two years now.

There is no impeachment - Murtala Nyako

 

Across Adamawa State and beyond, rumours of impeachment axe dangling on the head of Governor  Murtala Nyako by the state House of Assembly is in the air; yet the supposed actors are always quick to deny the existence of such plot, when confronted with the issue.

Speculative newspaper reports and social media posts have charged the atmosphere since the defection of three members to the PDP some two weeks ago. Rumours were abound among politicians that Akwa Ibom State Governor, Godswill Akpabio was assigned by the presidency to supervise the removal of Nyako and that N250 million had already exchanged hands.

3 APC members defect to PDP ; Adamawa Assembly full PDP

           
The three members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Adamawa State House of Assembly have defected to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

The legislators announced their defection at the House plenary on Tuesday under matters of personal explanation, saying they took the decision after due consultation with their supporters in their respective constituencies.

Adamawa: Supreme Court upholds Ardo’s disqualification

The Supreme Court has upheld the disqualification of Dr Umar Ardo, from contesting the governorship of Adamawa State in 2012.

The verdict delivered by Justice Kumai Bayang Aka’ahs held that  political parties had the sole monopoly to nominate the candidates they wished to sponsor provided this was done within the Electoral Act, 2010.
Ardo had gone to the Apex court following the judgment