Gadi who had remained in the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), in spite of Yuguda’s defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was impeached on Thursday by members of the Bauchi State House of Assembly for alleged various acts of constitutional misconduct.
Reacting to the development in Abuja, Yuguda who described the impeachment as unfortunate, stated that “my hands are clean.”
He said the impeachment of his deputy with whom he had a good working relationship, had nothing to do with his decampment to the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
He said: “I respect him as I respect my father, but what happened that led to his impeachment is beyond my control. The facts and charges of his impeachment are clear.
“ It has nothing to do with my crossing over to the PDP. My advice to critics who link his impeachment to my cross over to the PDP should go over and check the charges that led to his impeachment. Nowhere was it stated that the deputy governor is being impeached because he did not decamp with Governor Isa Yuguda to the PDP.
“There is no single charge like his refusal to decamp to the PDP in the entire charges against him because that is not a constitutional charge. The House is not a rubber stamp; they are responsible lawmakers and therefore, cannot be led by the nose to do what is unconstitutional. The House accused the deputy governor of gross misconducts and the facts are there for all who care to see,” he further explained.
