Politics in Zamfara State takes a dramatic turn recently as the parallel faction of the State House of Assembly elect Bashar Aliyu Gummi as Speaker.
According to the faction, they will continue to discharge their functions as lawmakers despite what they described as intimidation by the Governor Dauda Lawal-led state government.
The spokesman of the faction, Aliyu Ango Kagara, representing Talata Mafara South Constituency said ” “No amount of intimidation from the state government, including the use of some so-called politically twisted courts or legal officers, can derail our focused leadership,”
“We are aware of the malicious actions against us by the state government and have written petitions against the Dauda Lawal – led administration to security agencies both at the state and national levels and approached stakeholders who mean well to our good people on the flagrant abuse of law by the other faction of the state House of Assembly under Hon. Bilyaminu Moriki which suspended some of us for over a year now without recourse to the Constitution and the law.
“We are also aware and in possession of recorded planned attack on us and our families by some thugs close to the governor and have alerted the security on these, in case anything happens to any of us (individually or collectively).
“While the state government mandated some past leaders of the State House of Assembly to meet and discuss with us towards resolving the crisis and while we have a pending case at the Appeal Court, Sokoto, it hurriedly went to a lower court to seek for our arrest without any charge which was wrongly granted by a presiding Justice Halima Jaafar Mikaila who decided to treat us as criminals.
As the crisis continues “Our stance on the respect for the rule of law by all arms of government in the state remains unshaken. We are not afraid of all the threats, nor shall we be deterred on our mandate.”
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