Embattled Niger State Governor Babangida Aliyu and impeached Speaker Adamu Usman have sought external help to persuade members of the House of Assembly to stop further impeachment in the Assembly.
As stated by reports, the duo sought help from a former Head of State, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and a first-class monarch to make the lawmakers drop their impeachment moves.
The governor and the Speaker are seeking judicial protection to keep their offices.
It was learnt that the monarch summoned the lawmakers from his zone to his palace to placate them to rescind their decision on the impeached Speaker.
He was also said to have pleaded with them to stop further impeachment moves against the governor.
The royal father pleaded with the six of the nine lawmakers from his zone to forgive Aliyu and Usman.
He reportedly urged them to allow the two men complete their terms.
The first class ruler was said to have begged the lawmakers to note that “to err is human and forgiving, divine”.
The Emir was shocked when the lawmakers reeled out their grievances, including non-release of legitimate allowances to the Assembly since January, the inability of the principal to ensure the welfare of members and other workers and the continued occupation of the Assembly complex by armed policemen, the source at the meeting stated.