After suspension as chairman of northern senators forum, Abdullahi Adamu wins vote of confidence from Nasarawa state lawmakers

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- The lawmakers including those at the National Assembly said they have taken time to study Abdullahi Adamu's activities

- The vote of confidence was moved by speaker of the Nasarawa House of Assembly, Ibrahim Abdullahi

- The action of the lawmakers happened after Adamu was suspended as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF)

Though suspended as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum (NSF), federal and state lawmakers elected on the platform of All Progressives Congress (APC) from Nasarawa have reportedly passed a vote of confidence on Abdullahi Adamu.

Daily Trust reports that the lawmakers met with the state party officials and some stakeholders in Keffi explaining that they had confidence in the leadership qualities of Adamu, a former governor.

The speaker of the Nasarawa House of Assembly, Ibrahim Abdullahi, reportedly moved the motion for the vote of confidence and this was seconded by a member of the House of Representatives, Mohammed Ibrahim.

At the end of the meeting, Abdullahi said the vote of confidence was passed on Adamu after the lawmakers assessed his positive contributions to development of humanity as well as his contributions at the Senate in the last six years.

“We are loyal and in total support of what our distinguished Senator Abdullahi Adamu is doing in defence of truth, in defence of our party and in defence of the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, and we urged him to stand firm on that,” he said.

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Adamu was last suspended recently as chairman of the NSF over allegations of misappropriating N70 million brought forward from the seventh Senate to the eighth Senate.

NAIJ.com earlier reported that Senator Ali Wakili at the Thursday, February 22, session of the Nigerian Senate protested against the removal of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the leader of the Northern Senator Forum.

Adamu was removed as leader of the northern caucus and replaced by Senator Aliyu Wamakko on Wednesday, February 21.

He was removed following an allegation that he mismanaged the sum of N70 million handed to him by the forum's former leadership.

The deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, read the letter from the Northern Senators Forum on the removal of Senator Abdulahi Adamu as their chairman.

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