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JUST IN: Imo Assembly Speaker, Emeziem, impeached

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The Speaker, Imo State House of Assembly Paul Emeziem, was on Monday impeached.

The house had recently been engulfed in crisis involving the deputy speaker of the House, Amara Iwuanyanwu.

Emeziem was removed by 19 members of the House, while Hon. Kennedy Ibeh was elected as the new Speaker.

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Emeziem was impeached on Monday over allegations of gross misconduct, forgery, abuse of office, and high-handedness.

The decision was reached during plenary session of the Assembly in Owerri the state capital by the 19 lawmakers out of the total 27 lawmakers who signed a letter which was read on the floor of the house.

Emeziem’s impeachment came in the wake of the impeachment of deputy speaker, Iwuanyanwu (APC-Nwangele) last week.

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