The suspension is a fallout of a power struggle among lawmakers of the Abia State House of Assembly.
The Abia State House of Assembly Tuesday suspended the Deputy Speaker, Ifeanyi Uchendu, and eight other members, over the purported impeachment of the Speaker, Chinedum Orji.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that some members of the House had by 9 a.m. on Tuesday, purportedly suspended the speaker for “his insensitivity to the welfare of members and other sundry activities”. At the venue, the former Speaker, Kennedy Njoku, had moved the motion for the speaker’s removal and was seconded by Chijioke Chukwu.In a video that went viral, the members had in a voice vote unanimously endorsed the speaker’s impeachment over so many allegations levelled against him.But hours after the purported impeachment, Mr Orji convened an emergency plenary session at the assembly complex, where nine members, including himself, resolved to suspend the other nine members.
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