The Nasarawa State House of has vehemently rejected the verdict of the panel set up by the state Chief Judge to investigate allegations of gross misconduct levelled against Governor Tanko Al-Makura.

The lawmakers, who spoke against the backdrop that the panel has cleared the governor of all charges on Tuesday, said the impeachment process against Al-Makura will go on as planned.

Mohammed Ibaku, chairman of the House committee of information revealed the stand of the at a news conference in Abuja, saying the Assembly had earlier expressed reservations over the composition of the committee and would therefore not recognise any decision taken by it.

“We want to bring to the notice of Nigerians that the Nasarawa State House of Assembly totally dissociates itself from the decision reached by the panel set by the Chief Judge of the state which has cleared the governor of allegations levelled against him by the house.

“As far as we are concerned, the governor is yet to be exonerated of charges levelled against him; we are not going to go to court because the matter is a constitutional matter that cannot be resolved by any court. “We will take a firm position on the matter in due course but we will follow the constitution; we will not act outside the constitution but be assured that the impeachment process is still on course,” Ibaku said.

“The house will not join issues with the chief judge; we will allow the law to take its course on matters relating to his conduct. For now we are focused on the issue of the impeachment and not the conduct of the chief judge,’’ he said further.

Also toeing the line of the lawmakers, stakeholders of the Peoples Democratic Party in the state have expressed support for the position of the legislators. The stakeholders’ position was contained in a communique signed by 84 members of the stakeholders’ forum after its meeting on Tuesday.

“On behalf of the leaders and members of the PDP in Nasarawa State, we strongly reaffirm our support and solidarity for the constitutional actions carried out by members of the House of Assembly in respect of the ongoing impeachment process.’’