Governor Bunu Clarifies Impeachment Threat

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Governor Bunu&comma; through his director of media&comma; Mamman Mohammed reacts to impeachment threat<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> <&sol;strong>reports that the government of Yobe State has clarified the rumour of impeachment threat against governor Mai Mala Buni&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;The clarifications came against the backdrop of swelling agitations by the indigens of the of disharmony in the state&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;According to information made available to OpenLife by a group called Yobe Concerned Citizen&comma; YCC&comma; and signed by its President&comma; Mohammed Ahmed&comma; the group expressed concerns by the agitations of the citizens of the state who have had cause to complain over the absence of governance in the state&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The good people of Yobe State have told governor Mai Mala Buni to decide forthwith either to stay and govern the state or take the All Progressives Congress&comma; APC full time job&comma;” the statement reads&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;Continuing&comma; the group stated that they align completely with the agitation of the people who are felling shortchanged in democratic process<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The people of Gombe State elected governor Mai Mala <strong>Buni<&sol;strong> to offer democratic service&period; It was not Abuja APC that queued in the sun to vote him into office&period; Therefore&comma; it is disservice to the people to be so short changed&comma;” said the group&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In addition&comma; the group alleged that Mai Mala Buni has not deemed it necessary to hand key responsibilities to his deputy since he was appointed the national chairman of APC&comma; a development that made the group to call on the state assembly to commence impeachment process against the governor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;He barely spends three days in Yobe&period; He is always in Abuja&period; His deputy is idle and governance has grounded&period; The House of Assembly know what to do when a governor braches the constitution&comma;” he group stated&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In reaction&comma; the director General of media to the governor&comma; Mammam Mohmammed&comma; told OpenLife on Sunday during a telephone conversation that &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;It is absolutely not true&period; I refer you to the State House of Assembly” to confirm if there is any impeachment plans against Mai Mala Buni&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Despite Mamman Mohammed’s denial&comma; Governor Mai Mala Buni had&comma; in an interview with the BBC&comma; admitted that he rarely stays in the state saying that his duty in the ruling party is not hindering his efforts to discharge his responsibilities&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;On the issue of staying&comma; there is no way I can spend a month without spending three or four days in Yobe state&period; And then even if I return to Yobe&comma; I won’t advertise or make it public that today I will be in Yobe and tomorrow I will be leaving&comma;” he defends&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It would be recalled that Mai Mala Buni&comma; born 19 November 1967&comma; is the caretaker chairman of the All Progressives Congress&period; He was elected governor during the 2019 Nigeria general elections under All Progressives Congress &lpar;APC&rpar; party&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;