{"id":3577,"date":"2022-07-07T11:36:04","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T11:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3577"},"modified":"2023-05-16T23:03:33","modified_gmt":"2023-05-16T22:03:33","slug":"7-months-after-kogi-assembly-recalls-okene-council-chairman-from-suspension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/7-months-after-kogi-assembly-recalls-okene-council-chairman-from-suspension\/","title":{"rendered":"7 Months After, Kogi Assembly Recalls Okene Council Chairman from Suspension"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Kogi State House of Assembly has recalled <a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2021\/11\/30\/kogi-assembly-suspends-okene-chairman\/\">the suspended Chairman of Okene Local Government Area, Abdulrazaq Muhammad from suspension.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The Chairman was suspended by the Lawmakers in November 2021, following allegations of undue arrest and intimidation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Muhammad had been in suspension for over seven months, while the Vice-Chairperson, Bilikisu Jimoh acted pending the conclusion of investigation by the House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">ebirareporters.com learnt he was called back to resume office on the Thursday plenary of the Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Confirming the development, media aide to the Chairman, Abdulmumin Abubakar wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The suspended Executive Chairman of Okene LG, Engr. Abdulrazaq Muhammad has been recalled back to office by the Kogi State House of Assembly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAnd say: The truth has come and the falsehood has vanished; surely falsehood is a vanishing thing\u201d. Quran 17:81<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">We appreciate your support &amp; prayers \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\ude4f<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Recall that the suspension followed a communication from the office of the Governor to the House, hence the resolve to set up a committee to investigate the allegations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2021\/12\/01\/im-innocent-of-allegations-against-me-suspended-okene-chairman\/\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Recall of How Muhammad Reacted to the Suspension<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">After the reports of his suspension, Muhammad in a press statement said that he was innocent of the allegations, urging anyone with verifiable evidence to assist the Lawmakers and the Department of State Service (DSS) in their investigation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cI want to humbly and respectfully appreciate the efforts, loyalty and cooperation of all my cabinet members, His Royal Majesty, Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, traditional rulers, ward heads and community leaders for their unflinching support, advice and in some cases deployed their personal resources to make Okene Local Government a peaceful place to live.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cI thank the general public both within and outside Okene local government council for the show of love, support and solidarity. I urge you all to remain calm as we all await the outcome of the investigations,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kogi State House of Assembly has recalled the suspended Chairman of Okene Local Government Area, Abdulrazaq Muhammad&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[56,74,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-3577","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"tag-abdulrazaq-muhammad","8":"tag-house-of-assembly","9":"tag-okene"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>7 Months After, Kogi Assembly Recalls Okene Council Chairman from Suspension - Ebira Reporters<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"he Kogi State House of Assembly has recalled the suspended Chairman of Okene Local Government Area, Abdulrazaq Muhammad from suspension. 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