A Federal High Court has
ordered the Chief Judge of Adamawa State to immediately swear-in Mr Bala
Ngilari as the Governor of the State.
The court, in its ruling, said the Adamawa
State Deputy Governor, Mr Bala Ngilari, did not resign his position before the
former governor Murtala Nyako was impeached.
The court has also
declared that the swearing in of acting governor, Umaru
Fintiri, as illegal and unconstitutional and
ordered the immediate vacation of the Government House by the Acting Governor
The court also ruled
that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) should not conduct
the bye-election slated for October 11.
Mr Fintiri was sworn-in as the Acting Governor
after the House impeached the
state governor, Murtala Nyako, on allegations
of financial impropriety against him and his deputy, Bala Ngilari.
The governor was impeached by the
lawmakers after reviewing the report of a panel of inquiry set up to
investigate the allegations against him and his deputy.
The seven man panel,
chaired by Mr Bala Kaigama, who submitted the report to the speaker, observed
that the panel encountered initial problem of having a venue for sitting but
eventually overcame the challenge and produced four volumes of the report on
allegations levelled against the governor and the deputy.
Mr Ngilari was earlier
reported to have resigned from office to avoid being impeached by the lawmakers
alongside Mr Nyako.
Details soon…..
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