The Bauchi State government is set to demolish a two-bedroom flat owned by the embattled state Deputy Governor, Alhaji Garba Gadi and attached to his personal residence, just as the panel reconstituted to investigate allegations of gross misconduct contained in his impeachment notice has commenced sitting.
The deputy governor, whose travails started soon after he refused to decamp to the PDP along with his boss, Governor Isa Yuguda, already received a revocation notice yesterday on the 1, 463.76 square meter plot of land attached to his residence situated behind the Bauchi State Hotel in the GRA area of the capital city.
The notice dated the 7th of July, 2009 with reference number GO/GA/S/BLD/9/S.1/T.9 signed by Muktar Hamid Alhaji on behalf of the state’s Head of Civil Service, which asked the deputy governor to liaise with the Ministry of Finance for the refund of his money, did not give any reason for the revocation.
Speaking to our correspondent in his office yesterday, the deputy governor said he purchased the plot of land at the cost of N2. 325m and issued a treasury receipt number 188005 on the 25th of December, 2008 after getting approval from the state governor and Certificate of Occupancy No. BA/33335.
Efforts to get relevant government authorities to speak on the matter proved abortive as the state General Manager, Urban Development Board refused to speak, directing our correspondent to the Commissioner for Special Duties but our correspondent was told that he had traveled while the Permanent Secretary was said to be not on seat.
A visit to the Ministry of Land and Survey also yielded nothing as our correspondent was told that it had no commissioner but a Permanent Secretary who told our correspondent that he could not talk on the matter as he was a “mere civil servant”. Meanwhile, the seven-member panel constituted to investigate impeachable offences leveled against the deputy governor has commenced public sitting at the state House of Assembly just as the lead counsel to the deputy governor, Abubakar Malami has opposed the constitution of the membership of the panel, saying it was not properly done.
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