Councillors suspend Abuja council chairman

Abdullahi Adamu: suspended by councillors

Abdullahi Adamu: suspended by councillors

Abdullahi Adamu: suspended by councillors

Councillors of Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC), in Garki, Abuja have suspended the Council Chairman, Mr Abdullahi Adamu, for two weeks.

The suspension triggered some confusion at the council’s secretariat on Thursday immediately the councillors, who constitute the legislative council announced the decision. Gunshots were heard and workers ran helter-skelter.

Motorists around the secretariat abandoned their vehicles.

The legislative arm of the council took the decision after deliberating on a petition submitted by a civil society organisation on Jan. 21. The suspended chairman and the petitioners appeared before the chambers for questioning.

The civil society organisation – the Civil Society for Human Rights and Rehabilitation – had alleged that the chairman had formed a habit of giving contracts to members of his family.

The petitioners also accused him of “shady financial deals and abuse of office”.

Further legislative proceedings could not continue as the Mace was seized from the chambers by some unidentified persons that invaded the arena.

Meanwhile, the suspended chairman has said that he was ready for probe over allegation of misappropriation of funds levelled against him.

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He spoke at a town hall meeting with stakeholders organised to discuss issues relating to internally generated revenue and other matters facing residents of the council.

“It is important for the residents and people of the council to be kept abreast of the happenings in the council.

“It is also important for the people to be carried along; leaders must be accountable.”

On the petition written against him, the chairman said that it was “politically motivated”.

“I am not deterred by my accusers. I want to tell you categorically that this issue is politically motivated and I am ready to stand before any institution for questioning.

“The issues raised by the petitioner do not have facts; they are simply fabricated and they contain a lot of inaccuracies,” he said.

The Chairman, however, called on the residents of the council to come to his office with any question pertaining to his administration, “because I operate an open door policy”.

He also called on media organisations to put the interest of the people above every consideration, and be committed to telling them the truth “at all times”

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