Crisis erupted in Enugu State on Monday as 14 members of the state
house of assembly, led by the Speaker, Hon. Eugene Odoh, commenced moves
to impeach the governor, Sullivan Chime.
The governor is facing impeachment barely three weeks to the end of his tenure in office.
He will complete two terms of four years on May 29, having first won election as governor of Enugu State in 2007.
Also on Monday, another group of lawmakers loyal to Chime countered
the impeachment move by ‘suspending’ Odoh, and electing a new Speaker.
The Odoh-led lawmakers, who resolved to serve an impeachment notice
on Chime at a sitting which held in the legislative chambers at 6:30am,
accused the governor of gross misconduct.
It was gathered that the police had initially tried to stop the lawmakers from sitting.
The 14 lawmakers specifically accused Chime of forging a N12b supplementary budget in 2012.
The Clerk of the House, Mr. Christopher Chukwurah, was directed to serve the notice on Chime without any delay.
Besides moving to impeach Chime, the Odoh-led group also moved
against some of the governor’s key loyalists in the assembly, including
the Deputy Speaker, Chime Oji, who was recently elected to represent
Enugu North/South Federal Constituency in the National Assembly.
source ThePunch
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