The Taraba State House of Assembly has issued an impeachment notice to the Deputy Governor, Alhaji Abubakar Danladi, over allegations of gross misconduct, sharp practices and abuse of office.?
This is contained in a statement signed by 19 out of the 24 members of the Assembly and made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Jalingo.?
The lawmakers said they were relying on the powers conferred on the House by section 188 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended, to act against such alleged offences.??
Danladi was particularly accused of using his office to divert MDGs facilities meant for the state, such as MDG ICT centre, a Motorised bolehole and solar street light project to a? private School, Yagai Academy, purportedly built by him while in office.?
The legislators alleged that Danladi used his office to acquire a large parcel of land in Jalingo on which he built Yagai Academy with multi-million naira business ventures.
Such ventures included Yagai Water, Yagai Printing Press and Yagai Restaurant, arguing that his total emolument as deputy governor could not justify the ventures.?
According to the statement, Yagai Academy Ltd was incorporated at the Corporate Affairs Commission with NO RC860774 in 2009 with a share capital of N2million only and Danladi's declared assets at a time he came to office was not more than N56 million.
The lawmakers wondered how the institution allegedly now worth more than a billion naira.?
The statement added that Danladi had demonstrated lack of capacity or refusal to properly discharge the functions of his office which resulted to disaffection and disharmony among others amounting to total disregard for the oath of office he took.
The deputy governor, according to the statement,? has 14 days to give satisfactory response to the allegations or face impeachment.
Meanwhile, the Assembly has proceeded on a recess to resume on Oct. 21, 2012.
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