Elder Simon Achuba, the impeached deputy governor of Kogi State has described

his purported impeachment by the State House of Assembly as unconstitutional.

The embattled former deputy governor also described the impeachment as an

illegality that will not stand the test of time.

Elder Achuba disclosed this in a press conference shortly after moving out of the

official residence of the deputy governor in Lokoja the state capital.

He said swearing in anyone else will amount to continuation of illegality being

perpetrated by Governor Yahaya Bello.

According to mr Achuba he described his ordeal as the height of the

disobedience of the rule of law which should be the major driver in a democracy.

He further disclosed to pressmen that even as a sitting deputy governor he was

treated like a common criminal, held under house arrest, his house disconnected

from the public power source.

He described the treatment given to him as completely illegal and inhumane,

adding that the situation in Kogi is a shame and an insult to the state, and nation

in general.

While insisting that he remains the Kogi State deputy governor, he described the

sitting by the State Assembly that impeached him as Kangaroo, saying their

process goes contrary to section 181 of the 1999 constitution.