Nigeria: Impeachment - the Dilemma of the Nasarawa Assembly Over Gov. Almakura

17 August 2014

The decision by the Nasarawa State PDP-controlled legislature to impeach Governor Umaru Tanko Almakura over a 16-count charge contained in an impeachment notice may have ended in a fiasco due to the interests of some PDP members whose ambition to contest the 2015 governorship election may be defeated if Almakura is impeached.

If the impeachment process had scaled through, the deputy governor, Dameshi Luke, would have been sworn in as governor pending when a fresh election would be conducted. This created fear for those eyeing the governorship position come 2015 who may find it hard to defeat Luka.

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