Niger lawmakers Get N17m each, Drops Governor’s removal Plot

The impeachment plot against the Niger State Governor, Aliyu Babangida, may have been stalled as the members of the state House of Assembly pushing for the governor’s removal have been paid N17m each.
Punch learnt the lawmakers after receiving the N17m each were also promised by the state government that their other demands would soon be met. Sources at the assembly complex including lawmakers, who pleaded anonymity, confirmed the development.

The speaker was learnt declined to say anything on the matter but spoke to Punch correspondent on the telephone said,

“I cannot speak on this issue on the telephone or anywhere on the matter.”

But one of the lawmakers confirmed the development

He said, 
“It was not as if the governor bribed us, it is our legal entitlements and we have a right to ask for it before the expiration of our tenure. We have been paid and calm has returned to the assembly complex.”

Asked whether it was true that the lawmakers had dropped the impeachment plot against the governor, the lawmaker said,
“there is no need for it again.”

Naija Politicians shaaa, so it was all about their pay!!