Kebbi Assembly officers resigned as Governor Bagudu is being investigated for N18.7 billion loan

Alhaji Muhammad Usman, the deputy speaker of the Kebbi State Assembly, along with five other principal officers of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, resigned from their positions on Thursday.

Shehu Muhammad-Yauri, the assembly’s press secretary, announced the resignation in a letter that was made available to Birnin Kebbi’s news media.

According to the statement, “Six principal officers of the Kebbi State House of Assembly, beginning with the deputy speaker, have resigned their appointments.”

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The letter of resignation for the chief officers was signed by 20 of the assembly’s 24 members, according to the statement.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the statement didn’t give a reason for their resignation.

According to NAN, the house had invited Governor Atiku Bagudu to appear before it on January 27 to explain how he had spent more than the N18.7 billion loan that had been approved by the house on October 18, 2021, through a letter dated January 26, 2023, and signed by the acting clerk, Suleman Shamaki.