- * As APC Youths Demand Chairman's Sack For Anti-Party Engagements
By David Odama (In Lafia, Nasarawa State)
Violent protests erupted at the Nasarawa-Eggon Local Government Secretariat over the appointments of Supervisory Councillors to head some of the juicy sectors in the council.
Some youths believed to be APC youths, besieged the secretariat of the local government, demanding the removal of the Council Chairman, Danlami Muhammed Idris, for alleged anti-party activities.
It was gathered when journalists visited the Council, that some Councillors loyal to the chairman, allegedly met at the local government legislative chamber as early as 6am, where the screening was expected to take place and carried out the election of the Supervisory Councillors against the scheduled time for the screening.
NIGERIAN NEWSLEADER Newspaper Correspondent gathered that the councillors under the supervision of the Vice Chairman of the Council, Hon. Benjamin Manga and the Speaker, Hon. Amos W. Kigbu, went ahead to screen and confirm the Supervisory Councillors in the absence of the other four members.
The members who were not initially on ground before the procedure commenced, were: Salisu Muhammed Ega, Alogani Electoral ward; Usman Sambu, Nasarawa Eggon Alizaga Electoral ward; Umar Mandaki of Mada station ward; and Kasimo Alu-Kagbu Electoral ward, respectively.
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It took the intervention of a combined team of the military, police personnel and other security agencies to bring the situation under control.
Meanwhile, as the Councilors engaged each other, placards with inscriptions such as "Sack the Council Chairman for peace to reign" was everywhere. Besides, protesters blocked the gate to the Council Secretariat, calling for the sack of the chairman.
The leader of the APC youths, a 'Youth Vanguard' in the state, Habiba Umar Iliyasu, accused the chairman of fraternizing with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in the state, where Senator Patricia Akwashiki defected to after losing the APC ticket in the last primary of the party.
Governor Abdullahi Sule who was forced to stop and address the aggrieved members. The youths at the Council Secretariat after nullifying the purported screening and confirmation, summoned an emergency meeting of Nasarawa-Eggon stakeholders over the development. NNL.
