A possible management disaster is brewing within the Nasarawa State Home of Meeting over the place of the Majority Chief, at the moment held by Suleiman Yakubu Azara of the All Progressives Congress, APC, representing Awe South constituency.
The controversy stems from the alternative of Adamu Omadefu of the APC, representing Keana constituency, who beforehand held the place.
Omadefu’s election to the seventh Meeting was declared inconclusive in November 2023 by the Court docket of Enchantment, which ordered a rerun in 5 polling models within the Agaza ward of the constituency.
Following the rerun election carried out by the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, Omadefu emerged victorious and was sworn in for a second time period.
Nonetheless, some APC stakeholders, allegedly backed by a former Speaker of the Meeting, are demanding that Azara vacate the place of Majority Chief, claiming that the place had been zoned to Keana constituency.
With the help of some Meeting members, the stakeholders have threatened to impact a management change within the Meeting if their demand was not met.
They accused the present Speaker, Danladi Jatau of Kokona West constituency, of reneging on an settlement that led to his emergence as Speaker following the sacking of his predecessor, Ibrahim Abdullahi Balarabe, for electoral malpractice.