On Wednesday July 20, 2016, operatives of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) reportedly swooped on the Speaker of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Sanusi Rikiji; his Deputy, Muhammad Gumi and other principal officers of the House and hauled them into detention, allegedly on the orders of the State Governor, Alhaji Abdulaziz Yari.
Yari reportedly took the measure because he suspected that the legislators were plotting to impeach him. His suspicion arose from a call by the lawmakers for a "special sitting" with him to discuss what they described as the "difficult situation" in the state.
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