Police seal Kano House of Assembly
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we deployed our men to the assembly to ensure that nobody disrupts the peace1 the police in the early hours of monday sealed the complex of kano state house of assembly apparently to prevent the impeachment of the speaker1 the deployment of the armed policemen may be connected to the current move to remove speaker of the house mr. yusuf abdullahi ata and principal officers by some lawmakers1 the speaker had ordered for suspension of all activities in the house until after eid-el-fitr festivity1 the police public relations officer mr magaji musa majia confirmed deployment of police to the assembly1 majia stated that the deployment of the police personnel was to maintain peace in the complex1 reports say that the armed policemen were deployed to the house at about 2 am to prevent members from gaining access into the assembly complex1 we need peace in the state and therefore we will not allow anybody to tamper with existing peace and harmony being enjoyed by the people in the state1 ata who was sworn-in ten months ago after the previous speaker resigned following allegations of corruption has been accused of incompetence and failure to carry everyone along1 at least 21 members have signed the impeachment notice while six other signatures are needed to remove the speaker1 meanwhile the embattled speaker has confirmed the plans by the house to impeach him noting that he has accepted his faith1 he also denied allegations of incompetence1