Group calls on Adamawa Assembly to impeach governor over N500 million gift
The Nyako Supporters Group (NSG) has called on the Adamawa House of Assembly to impeach the state governor, Senator Mohammed Umar Jibrilla, for flouting the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC) regulation on funding of governorship campaign in the 2015 general elections.
Alhaji Aminu Adamu, the State Coordinator of the group, made the call while briefing newsmen on in Yola, the state capital.
He regretted that the governor, who openly admitted receiving a whooping sum of N500 million from Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, a former Vice President through one Alhaji Jauro Turaki during the 2015 gubernatorial campaign in Adamawa State, has violated Section 91(3) 9 of the Electoral Act 2010 as amended.
Quoting the section, he said: “Under Section 91 (3), the maximum election expenses to be incurred by a governorship candidate shall not exceed N200 million.
“We look at it as a breach of the said section of the law and therefore call on the State House of Assembly to commence impeachment proceedings against Gov. Mohammed Umar Jibrilla or we will go to court to remove the governor.
“While sub section 9 of the same electoral Act states that no individual or other entity shall donate more than N1 Million to any candidate, a candidate who knowingly act in contravention of this section commits an offense and on conviction shall be liable: in the case of a governorship election to a fine of N800000 or imprisonment for 9 months or both.’’
While expressing regret that the governor could be ignorant of the law, Adamu described the governor as an ingrate, who has bitten the finger that fed him.
He added, “It is not a secret that the governor rode on the structure of former Governor Murtala Nyako to become governor. We found it disgusting that N500 million has made him to transfer his loyalty to Atiku. If his problem is such money, the NSG can give him more than that. Our concern is not whether Bindow’s loyalty is to Atiku or whosoever, but for him to stop embarrassing the state. I found it very difficult to believe in the past that the allegation of our governor not being educated is true, but his actions are convincing facts that he is not properly educated.
“It still beats my imagination that the same Atiku, who is today his political lord, had sponsored Alhaji Mijinyawa (Yayaji) his political godson for the same governorship position and if not for Nyako’s structure, how could he have won the primaries?
“He forgot when Atiku frustrated him by refusing to fund his campaign and Nyako supporters still stood by him until his victory. Let us not make politics look like prostitution; yesterday the governor told the whole world that Nyako made him governor. It is not up to six months and now Atiku has made him governor. Maybe after another six months, he would transfer his loyalty to Osinbajo.”
It will be recalled that Gov. Jibrilla said his transfer of loyalty to the former vice president is due to Atiku’s donation of N500 million to his campaign, claiming that Nyako did not contribute any fund to his campaign.
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