Enugu State was in chaos today, as 14 members of the state house of assembly, led by the Speaker, Hon. Eugene Odoh, began moves to impeach the governor, Sullivan Chime.
The governor is facing impeachment just three weeks to the end of his tenure in office.
Chime will complete two terms of four years on May 29, having first won election as governor of Enugu State in 2007.
In the same vein today, another group of lawmakers loyal to Chime countered the impeachment move by ‘suspending’ Odoh, and electing a new Speaker.
The Odoh-led lawmakers, who concluded 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.
The 14 lawmakers specifically accused Chime of forging a N12b supplementary budget in 2012.
Mr. Christopher Chukwurah, the Clerk of the House 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.
Oji, who is related to the governor, was suspended alongside Hon. Emeka Ogbuabor and Deputy House Leader, John Ukuta, for allegedly working against the interests of the House.
Following the sitting, the lawmakers removed the mace, in an apparent bid to forestall any attempt by the pro-Chime camp to counter the impeachment move.
However, barely 30 minutes later, the Chime loyalists, including Deputy Speaker, Oji, Ukuta and Deputy Governor-elect, Mrs Cecilia Ezeilo, the running mate to the Peoples Democratic Party governorship candidate in the general elections, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, held their own sitting with a different mace.
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