ANAMBRA ASSEMBLY CRISIS: Party backs ‘impeached’ Maduagwu, suspends ‘factional’ Speaker, two others

To calm the storm sweeping over the Anambra State House of Assembly, the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in the state has suspended the ‘factional’ Speaker of the assembly, Ikem Usoezie and two others that planned the impeachment of the Speaker, Rita Maduagwu.

The chairman of the party in the state, Chief Norbert Obi gave the information of their suspension at a press conference at the party’s secretariat in Awka on Thursday.

Others also suspended were Messrs Hartford Oseke and Victor Okoye.

The party chairman said it became expedient to suspend the key players in the saga “to save the party from destruction.”.

“The party would not condone such internal wrangling,” he maintained.

Uzoezie had led 19 other members of the House on Tuesday to impeach Maduagwu and assumed the speakership of the House.

His statement read in part: “Recall that on Tuesday, 13th November 2018, some Honorable members of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in the Anambra State House of Assembly, during their plenary session, attempted to impeach the Hon Speaker of the House, Rt Hon Barr Rita Maduagwu, following a motion moved by the Hon member representing Agutata II Constituency, Hon. Ikem Uzoezie, which was seconded by the Hon member representing Ekwusigo Constituency, Hon. Onyebuchi Offor.

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“It is the position of the party in Anambra State that the attempted impeachment was not necessary.

While referring to issues that arose from the party’s recent primary elections in the state, the chairman said “this is not enough to pull the party down, more so when the party has inaugurated a reconciliation committee to look into the grievances of the aggrieved aspirants and members of the party.”

He advised erring member behind the “unfortunate plot” to retrace their steps in the interest of the party.

The state chairman enjoined aggrieved members of the party to sheathe their swords, adding that failure to do so would amount to “setting our house on fire because of a rat.” “We assure them that whatever their grievances are, they should be addressed to the satisfaction of all since this is a family affair.

“Be that as it may, the three ring leaders of the attempted impeachment saga, namely, Hon Ikem Uzoezie, Barr Hartford Oseke and Hon Victor Okoye are hereby suspended from the party pending the time they will appear before the disciplinary committee of the party for further action.”

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