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Kaduna Assembly declares seat of former Speaker vacant
Kaduna Assembly also suspended four other members for one year.
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The Kaduna State House Assembly has declared the seat of one of its former Speaker, Aminu Abdullahi-Shagali, vacant.
Mr Abdullahi-Shagali, who, until this development represented Sabongari constituency, was removed as Speaker in August last year and replaced by Yusuf Zailani from Igabi constituency.
The House also directed him to apologise in writing within two weeks for disrupting a sitting of the lawmakers.
Mr Abdullahi-Shagali did not apologise to the house.
The assembly, at its sitting on Tuesday, noted that he had not apologised nor participated in its activities for over 120 days.
I’ll seek legal redress Shagali
The crisis rocking the Kaduna State House Assembly took a new dimension on Tuesday following the declaration of the seat of a former Speaker of the parliament, Aminu Abdullahi Shagali (APC, Sabon Gari constituency) vacant over alleged absenteeism.
The assembly, at its sitting on Tuesday, noted that the former speaker has not participated in its activities for over 120 days as prescribed by law.
The lawmakers unanimously adopted the motion moved by Alhaji Ahmed Mohammed (Zaria Kewaye).
The house also extended the suspension of four other members of the house for 12 months.
The decision was taken during a plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Isaac Auta Zankai.