Lawmakers Order Arrest Of Former Governor
Following the failure of the immediate past governor of Kebbi State, Alhaji Usman Saidu Dakingari to appear before the House on the issue of misappropriation of airport project funds , the Kebbi State House of Assembly has resolved to issue arrest warrant on the former governor .
During its sitting on Tuesday the Speaker of the House, Alhaji Samaila Abdulmumini Kamba informed members of the House that upon enquiry from the Clerk of the House he was told that Dakingari was not in the premises of the assembly as expected to honour the House invitation.
Following this, a member of the House, from Bunza constituency, Aminu Muhammed Bunza raised a motion for his arrest to compel him to appear before the house.
He said “We have given him all the available opportunity to appear before for us. We had invited him on two occasions but he didn’t honour our invitations. For this we should issue arrest warrant on him.”
His motion was seconded by the Deputy Speaker, Muhammadu Buhari Alieru and thereafter the Speaker said “We have decided to issue arrest warrant on the former governor through the Commissioner of Police.”
While speaking to journalists on the decision of the House to arrest Dakingari, the deputy speaker, Alieru said their decision was not politically motivated. He said the House has also written to the companies involved in the airport contracts and was still awaiting their responses.
It would be recalled that the House last week gave the former governor up to 23rd of May, 2007 to appear before it to explain his role on the N6.4 billion that was allegedly inflated on the N18 billion International Airport contract.
