Yusuf Muhammad Anka representing Anka constituency and Ibrahim T. Tukur Bakura representing Bakura constituency were, Monday, suspended by Zamfara House of Assembly for their alleged involvement in aiding and abetting banditry in Zamfara State.
The two lawmakers are alleged to have aided the kidnap of the Speaker’s father, and the murder of another colleague of theirs.
A press release signed by the Director-General Press Affairs of the House said, “They have been suspended from the State House of Assembly for three months pending the conclusion of investigations on the allegation leveled against them.
“They are to appear before the House Committee on Ethics and Privileges in conjunction with security agencies that are assigned by law to investigate them.
“These are parts of the resolutions reached on Monday night at the House plenary presided over by the Speaker, Hon Nasiru Mu’azu Magarya under matters of urgent public importance.”
During the debate, a member representing Maru North constituency, Hon Yusuf Alhassan Kanoma, had said that “the House should not fold its arms and allow this gross official misconduct by the two members.”
Hon. Kanoma further alleged that during the kidnap saga of the father of the Speaker, late Mu’azu Abubakar Magarya, Yusuf Muhammad Anka and Ibrahim T. Tukur Bakura were said to have been jubilating.
He also accused the two members of being behind the killing of late Hon. Muhammad G. Ahmed, a former member representing Shinkafi constituency in the state House of Assembly through connivance with the bandits by telephone conversation that led to his killing.
Hon. Kanoma called on the security agencies to track all their telephone lines and listen to their conversations, to verify his allegation.
Also contributing, a member representing Birnin Magaji constituency, Hon Nura Dahiru Sabon Birnin Dan Ali supported Hon. Kanoma on the issue, saying that his efforts of mediating and negotiating with notorious bandit Bello Turji on so many occasions to secure the release of late Mu’azu Magarya should not go in vain.
The Speaker, Hon. Magarya, who announced the suspension of the two members, also directed the chairman, House Committee on Ethics and Privileges, Hon Kabiru Hashimu Dansadau, to conduct an investigation and report its findings to the plenary within the next three months.
