On Wednesday, June 21, Mahdi Ali Gusau will once again serve as the deputy governor of Zamfara State, according to an order from the federal high court in Abuja.
Despite a continuing court injunction, Gusau was impeached by the Zamfara State House of Assembly on February 23, 2022, according to Daily Nigerian.
In his decision on Wednesday, Justice Inyang Ekwo of the court nullified all the procedures and activities done by the then-Gov. Bello Matawalle, the Zamfara State House of Assembly, and the state’s top judge in the alleged impeachment of Gusau during the court proceedings.
The judge maintained that the move was “null and void and of no effect whatsoever” and that the conduct of the trio were an anomaly that would not be tolerated.
Part of Ekwo’s remark is as follows:
“I agree with the learned silk for the plaintiff/applicant that the court must protect its dignity by reprimanding the 5th, 6th, and 7th defendants (speaker, governor, and chief judge) and undoing the steps, acts, or proceedings taken in the impeachment while this suit was pending.”
In contradiction to the argument presented by the counsel of the 5th to 38th defendants, the judge said no judicial authority was cited or relied upon by the lawyer that ordered any litigant to take any extra-judicial action when the case was still pending in court.
Gusau’s dilemma started after he failed to join Matawalle by moving to the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).