Members of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly engaged in a free for all fight during their plenary over the appointment of local council administrators in the state.
Disagreement broke out over the appointment of 11 sole administrators by the state governor, Tanko Al-Makura who dissolved the boards of the various council administrators after their two-year tenure ended on March 24th.
Al-Makura sworn in the 11 sole administrators on Monday, explaining that the tenures of 11 local government areas (LGAs) chairmen had elapsed and the “doctrine of necessity” had to be invoked to swear in sole administrators.
He said this was to avoid vacuum at the LGAs pending the conduct of council elections.
However, the action did not go down well with a faction of the assembly, which accused the governor of illegality. they demanded that the election should be conducted without any delay.
Trouble started when Tanko Tunga, majority leader, moved a motion for the suspension of six members for challenging the action of the governor.
The six members expressed reservation over this, accusing their colleagues of receiving financial inducement from the governor.
Suddenly, the atmosphere became charged and the members threw caution to the wind. While some took custody of the maze, others engaged in fisticuffs, with objects flying around the chamber.
One of the lawmakers had his clothes torn.
It took the intervention of the police to restore normalcy.
After normalcy was restored, plenary was adjourned. But some lawmakers went into another sitting and moved the motion to suspend six of their colleagues indefinitely.
