The Imo State House Assembly yesterday denied hatching
any plot to impeach the Speaker, Dr Benjamin Uwajumogu.
Chairman, House Committee on Information, Dr Acho
Ihim, told newsmen in the premises of the Assembly in Owerri that the claims
were “false, malicious and unfounded,” adding that the speaker has not
contravened any law to warrant his impeachment.
Ihim accused some politicians and a section of the
media of spreading the rumour to “witchhunt and tarnish the image of the
House.”
He said: “It should be noted that the impeachment
speculations only exist in the wildest and skewed imaginations of their
sponsors.
“The Speaker, being one of the custodians of our
country’s laws has not in any form contravened any law to warrant his
impeachment.”
Ihim alleged that the rumours were part of plans to
cause crisis in the state ahead of the 2015 election, saying: “The rumours were
orchestrated with a view to heat up the polity and run down the government of
the day for inordinate political ends.”
He said the speaker had brought about significant
progress since he took over the leadership of the legislature, adding that the House
remained united and would continue to discharge its constitutional role to
ensure the protection of the socioeconomic well being of the people.
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