14 November 2024

Gombe House Of Assembly Speaker Impeached

The Speaker of the Gombe State House of Assembly, Abubakar Sadiq Ibrahim Kurba has been impeached.

He was impeached by 16 out of the 24 members of the House.

Deputy Speaker, Siddi Buba, representing Kwami West constituency presided over the proceedings that led to impeachment.

A new Speaker has been elected and he is Abubakar Muhammad Luggerewol, a member representing the Akko Central constituency. He was elected by the 15 members of the assembly and has been sworn-in.

Similarly, the leader of the House Samuel Marcus representing Pero-Chonge has also been impeached and replaced with Yarima Ladan Gaule of Kaltungo East constituency.