Nasarawa Assembly sends legal representation to panel

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly has sent a six-man legal team to represent it before the panel currently investigating impeachment charges against Governor Umaru Al-Makura.
This is coming 24 hours after the Assembly vowed not to appear before the seven-member panel.
The team led by Ocha Ulegede has John Mathew, P. A. Daffi, Steven Idikwu, Ache Obande and Abraham Aruta as members.
Premium Times reports that the legal team arrived at the venue of the sitting around 8.45 a.m. on Tuesday and took the seats marked for the state Assembly.
Recall that the Chairman of the Assembly’s Committee on Information, Baba Ibaku, had on Monday said the lawmakers would not appear before the panel because of alleged constitutional breach by the Chief Judge (CJ), Suleiman Dikko, in the composition of the panel.
“I have said earlier that this panel is on its own. They are just a busy body. If the governor like, let him appear and present his response but the report will not be submitted to the Assembly. ‎It is a panel of the CJ.” Ibaku said.
Details later.

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