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Just in: Adamawa deputy speaker, majority leader sacked
The speaker Adamawa House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Mijinyawa said the deputy speaker and majority leader have all been sacked.
Mijinyawa in a telephone interview told the News Agency of Nigeria ( NAN) on Saturday in Yola said that the deputy majority leader of the House was equally removed.
” The Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Mr. Emmanuel Tsamdu, the majority leader ,Mr Hassan Barguma and the deputy majority leader, Mr Abubakar Isa, all APC, were impeached ” Mijinyawa said.
He said that the house elected Mr. Lunsumbani Dili , APC , from Demsa local government area as its new Deputy Speaker.
Muhammad Hayatu is now the majority leader, while Muhammadu Sani-Shehu is the deputy leader.
The Speaker, however, did not give the reason behind the impeachment.