Rumpus in Adamawa Assembly; gov, speaker escape impeachment vanguardngr.com vanguardnews
Most members who were defeated in the last general elections attacked one another verbally with harsh words. However, intervention by security operatives attached to the house saved the situation from degenerating into physical assault.
The assembly had reconvened after the general elections to consider an executive letter from Governor Jibrilla that he was proceeding on two weeks leave.However, the proceedings turned sour when several members questioned the propriety of the governor going on leave at the period when he ought to stay in office to attend to crucial issues and decisions he took in the last four years.
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