THE
move to remove the deputy governor of Imo State, Sir Jude Agbaso, over alleged
misdemeanour has reached an advanced stage as a committee of the State House of
Assembly saddled with the task of probing the allegations of corruption against
him returned a guilty verdit.
move to remove the deputy governor of Imo State, Sir Jude Agbaso, over alleged
misdemeanour has reached an advanced stage as a committee of the State House of
Assembly saddled with the task of probing the allegations of corruption against
him returned a guilty verdit.
The committee, which presented its report
to the House last Thursday, affirmed that the deputy governor was guilty of the
allegation of misappropriating the sum of N450 million meant for contractors
levelled against him through a petition.
to the House last Thursday, affirmed that the deputy governor was guilty of the
allegation of misappropriating the sum of N450 million meant for contractors
levelled against him through a petition.
The report nailing the deputy governor had,
however, set the tone for the commencement of an impeachment process likely to
kick off next week as members of the state legislators have started working to
secure the two-thirds majority required to kick him out.
however, set the tone for the commencement of an impeachment process likely to
kick off next week as members of the state legislators have started working to
secure the two-thirds majority required to kick him out.
Findings by Sunday Tribune had revealed
that members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) required just three
more members to secure the majority number so required while the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) members were said to have taken their case to Abuja for
support to forestall the impeachment process.
that members of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) required just three
more members to secure the majority number so required while the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) members were said to have taken their case to Abuja for
support to forestall the impeachment process.
The governor of the state, Rochas Okorocha,
has distanced himself from the impeachment threat against the deputy governor
on the basis that the State House of Assembly is competent to resolve its
problem.
has distanced himself from the impeachment threat against the deputy governor
on the basis that the State House of Assembly is competent to resolve its
problem.
Okorocha said although there had been
pressure on him to interfere from influential members of the public in the
state, he would not want to meddle in the affairs of the assembly in the spirit
of separation of powers as enshrined in the constitution.
pressure on him to interfere from influential members of the public in the
state, he would not want to meddle in the affairs of the assembly in the spirit
of separation of powers as enshrined in the constitution.
The Special Assistant on Print Media, Ebere
Uzokwa, relayed Okorocha’s standpoint on the crises to newsmen in Owerri, said
the governor would not interfere essentially because of his zero tolerance for
corruption which he had been preaching.
Uzokwa, relayed Okorocha’s standpoint on the crises to newsmen in Owerri, said
the governor would not interfere essentially because of his zero tolerance for
corruption which he had been preaching.
Source: Tribune
