The impeached Deputy Governor of Kogi State,
Elder Simon Achuba, on Sunday cried out over the
ill-treatment meted on him by different forces in
the state.
Achuba, while speaking to journalists in his
private residence, said he was treated like a
common criminal even when the law recognised
him as the deputy governor of the state.
The embattled former lawmaker, who also
condemned the action of the Kogi State House of
Assembly for doing the biddings of their
paymaster, described the sitting that removed him
from office as kangaroo, which will not stand.
He further described his purported impeachment
as illegal, shameful and an insult on Nigeria as a
nation.
He stated that, if the nation’s democracy must
grow, the lawlessness that is going on in Kogi
State must stop at all course.
Achuba, who also narrated how he was treated by
the Police when his impeachment was announced
on Friday, said,
“I was in my official residence on Friday, all of a sudden, my power was
disconnected. Unknown to me, Police barricaded
my house. My security were all withdrawn. I
called the Commissioner of Police to inform him,
the response I got from him was not pleasant.“For me to know what is going on and who I was
dealing with, I instructed my private security to
switch on the generator set.
“To my greatest surprise, some armed police
officers escorted a technician, went straight to the
generator set, disconnected it and went away with
the battery. Their intention is to frustrate me and
cut me off from accessing the world.“My personal belongings are still in the office.
They denied me from carrying anything that
belongs to me. As if I am a common criminal
who should be treated with disdain.
” If a deputy governor could be treated like a
common criminal, what will now happen to the
common man on the street?
“As I am seated here, I don’t have any car to
convey me anywhere. I have been trekking from
one place to another on foot. For how long will
this continue. We are not in a banana republic?.
He said
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