News available to ViewPointNigeria news desk indicates that Members of Kanam constituency
have threatened to recall their representative in the state
House of Assembly and Deputy Speaker of the House,
Honourable Yusuf Gagdi over claims of insecurity and
Boko Haram in Kanam local government area of the state.
Gagdi incurred the wrath of his constituents when he
allegedly moved a motion of public importance seeking
to declare Garga district of his constituency, which shares
border with Yankari Game Reserve, “a place of abode for
Boko Haram”, claiming that Boko Haram insurgents were
sighted there and for the close links between the Game
Reserve and Sambisa forest.
Although the deputy Speaker had denied any wrong doing,
members of his constituency who described the
lawmaker’s motion as ‘unguarded’ are now calling for his
head. In a statement in Jos yesterday, a group under the
aegis of Concerned Garga Citizens (CGC) noted that since
the Deputy Speaker’s motion became public knowledge,
people had been avoiding the community especially
visitors due to fear of Boko Haram, a development the
group said had affected economic actıvities in the area.
The statement sıgned by Alhaji Ibrahim Aliyu Bawa, the
group expressed surprise that instead of the lawmaker to
show remorse for the embarrassment caused by his
“infamous motion”, he had gone ahead to whip up more
sentiments ostensibly to divert attention from the
obvious security threat his motion represented.
The statement reads in part: “since the motion on
insecurity in Garga District as moved by Deputy Speaker,
Hon Yusuf Gagdi, became public knowledge, there have
been a lot of confusıon and apprehension in the area with
regards to his bogus claims. Indeed, we are worried about
the fears which his motion has created in the minds of
the people.
“This has affected not only the economic actıvities but the
influx of the people especially visitors to the community.
We are surprised that ınstead of him to show remorse for
the embarrassment caused by his unguarded utterances
against hıs people, he had gone ahead to allege that we
did not vote for him which is not true.”
While calling on the security agents to hold the lawmaker
responsible in the event of any breach of the peace in the
area arısing from his motıon, the group called on the
Deputy Speaker to withdraw the motion. “We also call on
him to tender an unreserved apology to the people of
Garga for his act of misrepresentation or we will be left
with no option than to initiate a further action on the
matter in the interest of our people”, the group
threatened.

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Deputy speaker, Hon. Gagdi faces recall threat by constituents