Gov. Murtala Nyako of Adamawa on Friday announced the sack of five of his special advisers and seven principal special assistants for Pro-Jonathan Activities in his cabinet.
This is contained in a statement issued in Yola by Mr Kobis Thimnu, Secretary to the State Government.
The statement read, “Gov. Murtala Nyako has approved the withdrawal of the appointments of 12 political appointees with effect from May 21.’’
“While the government thanks you for the services you rendered, you are kindly requested to hand over government documents and properties in your custody to the appropriate authority.’’
The affected special advisers included Sanusi Jauro, Abdur-rahman Bobboi, Kelvin Peter, George Moses and Chubado Babbi.
The affected principal special assistants are, Hadiza Kuto, Sadiq Haske, Danjuma H., Bello Njidda, Gidado Aliyu, Shehu Jacob and Usman Marafa.
It could be recalled that the Presidency and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) last week have resolved to use some members of the Murtala Nyako’s cabinet to impeach the Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State.
Their decision is based on Nyako’s recent memo to Northern governors on the insecurity in that part of the country.
The Presidency and the PDP consider the memo a danger to national security.
They are also relying on the reports of security agencies into the allegations contained in Nyako’s letter.
The security agencies, including the Police, have faulted Nyako’s observations and rated the letter as “subversive and seditious.”
Barring a change of mind, the planned removal of Nyako is billed to commence within the next two weeks.
Some forces in the Presidency and PDP are said to be uncomfortable with the April 16 letter written by Nyako in which he accused the Federal Government of genocide in parts of the North under the guise of fighting Boko Haram insurgency.
The anti-Nyako forces ,sources said,claimed that the governor failed to substantiate the allegations at a session with the 36 governors in the country on April 24.
They had initially proposed to the idea of President Goodluck Jonathan appointing military administrators for Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states, but this was shot down after legal advice indicated that it was unconstitutional.
The forces then opted for a plot to remove Nyako constitutionally from office using the Adamawa State House of Assembly.
The first stage of the plot is to take total control of the House of Assembly from Nyako.
That may have been achieved already after the PDP secured the support of a comfortable majority of the House on Wednesday with 25 members.
The next stage of the plot is said to be the commencement of impeachment proceedings against Nyako which will be based on a letter to the Assembly detailing security reports on Nyako’s memo to Northern governors.
A source familiar with the unfolding development said: “The lawmakers have already been told that security reports on alleged subversive activities of Nyako will be sent to them.
“On the basis of the reports, the legislators are expected to initiate impeachment proceedings in line with Sections 188 and 189 of the 1999 Constitution.
“The lawmakers are expected to receive security reports on Nyako any moment from now based on seditious breaches as applicable in Section 50-60 of the Criminal Code Act (LFN).”
