Imo Deputy Speaker impeached, 6 suspended lawmakers recalled
The Deputy Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Amara Iwuanyanwu, has been impeached. Our correspondent reports that 18 out of the 27 members of the parliament supported the removal of the deputy speaker, who represents Nwangele State constituency Also yesterday during plenary, six members of the assembly who were suspended on July 8, this […]
Imo State House of Assembly
The Deputy Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Amara Iwuanyanwu, has been impeached.
Our correspondent reports that 18 out of the 27 members of the parliament supported the removal of the deputy speaker, who represents Nwangele State constituency
Also yesterday during plenary, six members of the assembly who were suspended on July 8, this year, were recalled.
The speaker, Paul Emezim, suspended the lawmakers over what he tagged “unparliamentarily conduct.”
The lawmakers are Kennedy Ibe (Obowo), Onyemaechi Njoku (Ihitte Uboma), Uche Ogbuagu (Ikeduru), Anyadike Nwosu (Ezinihitte Mbaise), Philip Ejiogu, (Owerri North) and Dominic Ezerioha (Oru West)
The speaker, who presided over the plenary, supported the removal of Iwuanyanwu. He also said the suspended lawmakers had repented hence the lifting of their suspension.