Gombe state governor, Inuwa Yahaya has approved the immediate suspension of the Village Head of Garin Majidadi in Akko Local Government Area (LGA), Mohammed Majidadi, over his alleged involvement in a transformer theft.
Also, the LGA announced the suspension of the Councillor representing Kumo East Ward, Abdullahi Panda.
The two suspensions are contained in a statement issued by the Director General, Press Affairs, Government House, Gombe, Ismaila Misili, and made available to newsmen on Friday.
The suspensions came in the wake of their arrest and subsequent parade by the state Police Command as well as their arraignment over allegations of conspiracy in the theft and sale of a community electricity transformer at Garin Majidadi.
Misili stated that the suspension of both officials was a preventive measure to ensure that there was no interference in the legal process.
He quoted the Gombe state governor to have expressed his administration’s commitment to always uphold the rule of law.
According to him, the governor further expressed confidence that justice would prevail and that the law would take its course, not only against Majidadi and Panda but also against any other individuals found to be complicit in the theft.
Gombe is a state in northeastern Nigeria, bordered to the north and northeast by the states of Borno for 93 km in the vicinity of Gongola River and Lake Dadin Kowa and Yobe in the vicinity of Gongola River for 140 km, to the south by Taraba State for 58 km, to the southeast by Adamawa State for 95 km, and to the west by Bauchi State for 277 km (172 miles). Gombe is the state capital of Gombe state and it was formed from a part of Bauchi State on 1 October 1996. Of the 36 states in Nigeria, Gombe is the 21st largest in area and the 32nd most populous, with an estimated population of about 3.25 million as of 2016. The state bears the slogan “Jewel in the Savannah”.
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