‘Impeached’ Plateau Speaker, Ayuba, 10 others arrested

Barely three days after he was purportedly impeached, ex-Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba, and some members of his group have been arrested within the vicinity of the State Assembly in Jos.

Ayuba and his group on Monday morning had gained entrance into the chambers having been barred last Thursday when he was suspended forcing him to hold plenary at a community hall in Zawan, Jos South Local Government Area. At that sitting, he suspended six members who spearheaded his impeachment even as the State Governor, Simon Lalong, received and congratulated Yakubu Sanda, Member representing Pengana State constituency who was appointed as Speaker by the faction which suspended Abok.

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Around 3.15pm, the State Police Commissioner, Edward Egbuka, and some key officials of the different security outfits in the state arrested Ayuba and others and ushered them into Hilux vans after laying siege to the Plateau State Assembly since dawn, according to a Vanguard report.

Ayuba was whisked away through the back gate of the State Assembly shortly after security agents had sprayed the peaceful protesters and journalists with tear gas.

He kept shouting, “I cannot say if I am under arrest at this moment.”

Most of the security agents who had besieged the premises left the area after the arrest, leaving few personnel around the vicinity as some youths reappeared in groups discussing the development.