Gov. Martin Elechi
The leadership of the Ebonyi State House of Assembly on Wednesday declared that it would not back out of its plan to impeach the state governor, Martins Elechi.
The Speaker of the House, Chukwuma Nwanzuku, stated this in a statement he issued on Wednesday.
The lawmaker was reacting to reports that seven lawmakers have backed out of the impeachment move.
Recall that the Minority Leader, Enyi C. Enyi, had, at a press briefing on Tuesday, asserted that seven members of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, who were part of the 15 lawmakers that voted in favour of the move to oust the governor, had withdrawn.
However, the Speaker has denied the Minority Leader’s claims.
The Speaker maintained that all the Peoples Democratic Party members of the House were still on their ground to remove Elechi.
The statement read, “We wish to re-assure Ebonyians that the PDP members of Ebonyi State House of Assembly are intact and so should disregard the publication/rumors making the rounds that seven honorable members have withdrawn from the on-going constitutional exercise of the honorable House.
“We, the PDP members of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, do state that we are very much committed in our constitutional responsibility for good governance, rule of law, well being of our people, respect for the dignity of man and separation of powers amongst the three arms of government in our state.
“The assignment we have embarked upon is not self serving, but to protect the commonwealth of our dear Ebonyi State so as to reduce the increasing phenomenon of impoverishment of our people in the midst of plenty.
“Today, many of our children are out of school, civil servants are on strike and the rate of unemployment is very high in the state, yet local government funds are diverted at will to private accounts, which have worsened in the last six months”.
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