Adamawa Governor, Ngilari, Buys Two Lexus Suvs For N180million

Adamawa governor, Ngilari, Buys Two
Lexus SUVs For N180million
APR 30, 2015
The decision of the Adamawa state
governor, Bala Ngilari to buy two Lexus
SUVs for N180million, about $900,000 and
two Hilux pick up vans at N400million have
triggered outrage from members of the
state House of Assembly.
Armored Lexus SUV
On Wednesday, the members passed a
resolution calling on the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission to probe the
purchases.
The House, now split into factions, further
called on the state government to re-instate
the sacked Director General of the state
Public Procurement Bureau, Malam Bello
Umar, who it said was sacked by the
executive for querying the purchase and for
not following due process.
At its plenary presided over by the Speaker,
Ahmadu Fintiri, the House also
recommended a national honour for Umar
for querying the purchase and other
executive excesses that cost his sack.
According to the resolutions which came
under Matters of Urgent Public Importance
raised by the Deputy Speaker, Kwamoti
Laori, told the house that the state
government had sacked the Director
General of the state Public Procurement
Bureau after whistle-blowing on the
executive recklessness.
Laori also claimed the Lexus cars were used
ones. While a used Lexus armoured car can
go for about $120,000, a new one usually
sells for less than $200,000, online research
shows.
The session also witnessed the declaration
of three seats as vacant.
The affected members, Umar Abdulkarim
(PDM-Nasarawo/Binyeri), Hamman Tukur
(PDM-Jada/Mbulo) and Adamu Usman
(APC-Toungo) where elected to the House
under PDP but they defected to other
parties to contest in the last general election.
The House unanimously condemned the
purported impeachment of the speaker and
his deputy by nine law makers at the
Conference Hall of the Government House
and announced a panel that will probe the
action of the ‘Gang of nine’.
The Gang of Nine also met today and
declared as illegal all the actions taken by the
Fintiri led HOuse. The Gang has Jerry
Kundisi (PDP-Gombi) as Speaker and it
enjoys the backing of Governor Ngilari.
The conflict has made the police tighten
security around the asembly complex.