The Zamfara State House of Assembly has actually alleged that some legislators collected the sum of 10, 000 US dollars to frustrate the prepared impeachment of the state Deputy Governor, Mahadi Aliyu Gusau.

This was revealed during a press conference at the state House of Assembly by the chairman, committee on info, Shamsudeen Hassan Boko.

He stated the House has started an extensive examination on the matter.

The chairman said 2 of the lawmakers accused of collecting the bribe have actually made confessional statements that the opposition party provided the money.

“The opposition sent out one of the legislators to give me the some of 10, 000 dollars which I turned down bluntly” he included.

“No court or any order can stop examining the Deputy Governor for alleged financial mismanagement and negligence of his constitutional responsibility as a Deputy Governor”

“As the court is an organization so is the lawmaking bodies and no organization can stop us from investigating the Deputy Governor”

According to him, the state federal government had constituted a seven-man judicial panel to examine the Deputy Governor, saying that 18 out of the 24 lawmakers have actually accepted happen with the impeachment process.

“The panel would welcome all of us consisting of the state Deputy Governor for investigations before the committee sends its reports”, he stated.