Pandemonium as Kaduna lawmaker snatches mace, beaten by members

Isaac Auta, the lawmaker representing Kauru Constituency, on Thursday emerged the new Deputy Speaker of the Kaduna State House of Assembly.

This followed Thursday’s impeachment of the former Deputy Speaker, Mukhtar Isa Hazo, representing Milgoma Constituency.

Hazo was a former House Committee Chairman on Local Government and Chieftain Affairs before his elevation as the Deputy Speaker in February 2020.

24 members of the assembly passed a vote of no confidence in Hazo before he was impeached.

Meanwhile, there was a fracas during the swearing in of the new Deputy Speaker as a member attempted snatched the mace.

Immediately after swearing in the new Deputy Speaker, Liman Dahiru, a member representing Makera Constituency, broke into the floor of the Assembly and seized the mace.

As Dahiru attempted to make his way out of the chamber, the Sergeant at Arm grabbed him while other members made frantic moves to retrieve the mace from him. Punch