A new speaker has emerged in the Taraba State House of Assembly after the former Speaker, Mr Josiah Sabo Kente resigned.
Kente, whose resignation letter was read on the floor of the House on Monday, cited “personal grounds” for his resignation
However,
the House has nominated and sworn in the member representing Takum II
constituency, Hon. Mark Useni, as the new Speaker, while all other
principal officers of the House will maintain their positions.
Last
week, the Supreme Court has ordered that the Taraba State acting
governor be removed and the deputy governor, Abubakar Danladi to be
sworn-in.
Danladi was impeached by the Taraba State House of
Assembly in September 2012 for gross misconduct and engaging in private
businesses.
After his impeachment, he approached the court to
challenge the ruling of the Appeal Court which upheld the ruling of the
Federal High Court in Taraba that he was duly and constitutionally
impeached.
In a unanimous judgment, the Supreme Court held that
the impeachment panel set up by the House of Assembly to investigate the
allegations against Danladi violated his rights to fair hearing.
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