Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has appointed Senator Hassan Nasiha as Deputy Governor, following the impeachment of Barrister Mahdi Aliyu Gusau
Until his appointment, Hassan Nasiha was a Senator representing, the Zamfara Central Senatorial District at the National Assembly.
This comes after the state House of Assembly in its resumed plenary on Wednesday impeached Barrister Gusau as the Deputy Governor of the state with immediate effect.
Mr Gusau was impeached during plenary after the House received the report of the committee set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Justice Kulu Aliyu, to investigate the allegations against him.
The travails of the impeached deputy governor started when he refused to join the Governor to defect to the ruling All Progressive Congress
The seven-member panel set up to investigate the alleged impeachable offences against the deputy governor, led by Retired Justice Halidu Soba, had submitted its report to the State House of Assembly.
Speaker of the House, Nasiru Muazu, received the report presented by Justice Soba at the Assembly complex and spoke afterwards.
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