I Resigned To Save My Life
The crises rocking Kogi State House of Assembly took a new
dimension yesterday, as, unexpectedly, the Speaker, Umar Ahmed, resigned his
position.
Umar Imam Ahmed’s resignation came exactly a week after the 25-member
House passed a vote of confidence on him and less than 48 hours after the
Assembly was invaded by hoodlums that disrupted plenary.
His letter of
resignation was read by the Deputy Speaker, Hassan Abdullahi, who presided over
plenary, which later elected Majority Leader, Kolawole Matthew, as the new
Speaker, unopposed.
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Also, former Chief Whip, Hassan Bello, was elected Majority
Leader, while Wale Omofaiye was elected as the new Chief Whip unopposed.
The
House has been embroiled in crises, with the executive arm alleged to be
plotting the removal of Umar Ahmed as Speaker, culminating in the last
Tuesday’s invasion of the Assembly by hoodlums.
The session, which was attended
by 20 out of the 25 members, also saw the retention of Hassan Abdullahi
(Dekina/Okura constituency) as Deputy Speaker, even as the sitting was held
under tight security.
I resigned to save my life—Ahmed The ex-Speaker, Ahmed,
in the letter dated August 3, said he decided to throw in the towel to avert
plunging the state into another round of crises and to save his life, which has
been under intense death threat.
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In his acceptance speech, the new Speaker,
Kolawole, expressed gratitude to the members for reposing confidence in him,
promising to do his best to take the assembly to enviable heights.
Our reporters ,
however, gathered that it took the intervention of Senator Smart Adeyemi, who
brokered peace between the Assembly and the executive to ensure the “amicable”
resolution, prompting members of the House, which had initially adjourned
indefinitely, to swallow their pride and call for a sitting 24 hours after the
hoodlums’ invasion.
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