The parallel faction of the Zamfara State House of Assembly has elected Bashar Aliyu Gummi as Speaker.
The faction stated that they will continue to discharge their functions as lawmakers despite what they described as intimidation by the Governor Dauda Lawal-led state government.
“No amount of intimidation from the state government, including the use of some so-called politically twisted courts or legal officers, can derail our focused leadership,”; the lawmakers said.
The faction spoke in a statement issued by their spokesman, Aliyu Ango Kagara, representing Talata Mafara South Constituency.
“We are aware of the malicious actions against us by the state government and have written petitions against the Dauda Lawal-led administration to security agencies both at the state and national levels and approached stakeholders who mean well to both the state and our good people on all the situation and flagrant abuse of law by the other faction of the state House of Assembly under Hon. Bilyaminu Moriki which suspended some of us for over a year now without recourse to the Constitution and the law.
“We are also aware and in possession of recorded planned attack on us and our families by some thugs close to the governor and have alerted the security on these, in case anything happens to any of us (individually or collectively).
“While the state government mandated some past leaders of the State House of Assembly to meet and discuss with us towards resolving the crisis and while we have a pending case at the Appeal Court, Sokoto, it hurriedly went to a lower court to seek for our arrest without any charge which was wrongly granted by a presiding Justice Halima Jaafar Mikaila who decided to treat us as criminals.
“Because it was haphazardly processed, one of the dates on the said court order is even reading the year 2024, while Justice Halima Jaafar Mikaila who prides herself as a legal officer failed to even indicate who she ordered to arrest us, unless if she meant the arrest to be carried out by the governor’s attack squad mentioned above.
“Our stance on the respect to the rule of law by all arms of government in the state remains unshaken. We are not afraid of all the threats, nor shall we be deterred on our mandate.”;
