Apart from killing him, the gunmen also set his country home ablaze and destroyed his property including a motorcycle.
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The action was part of the resolutions of the house on Thursday at its plenary when the issue came up for discussion.
However, Ibeh constituted a new committee on Mines and Solid Minerals. It is to be headed by Kanayo Onyemaechi (APC Owerri West) with Philip Ejiogu (APC Owerri North) and Hercules Okoro (APC Ohaji Egbema) as members.
The suspended lawmaker made the call while addressing newsmen in Owerri, the Imo State capital, on Wednesday.
“The suspension is to serve as a deterrent for dereliction of duty by members who take the business of the parliament for granted,” the Speaker stated in Owerri on Friday.
The Speaker of the Assembly made the declaration on Thursday following a motion by one of the House lawmakers.
This followed their screening at the committee of the whole, chaired by the Speaker, Kennedy Ibeh (APC-Obowo) on Tuesday.
The lawmakers, who spoke during plenary, condemned the alleged interference of the executive arm of the Plateau state government in the legislature.
This followed a resolution of the House at plenary, which was presided over by Speaker Paul Emeziem (APC-Onuimo).
According to the highly authoritative newspaper, the incident occurred in Orsu Local Government Area of the state
The first was a bill for a law to establish the Imo State Security Organisation to assist in maintaining law and order in the state and related matters therein.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the workers sealed all entrances to the complex, barring staff and legislators from entering.
The removal and replacement took place on Thursday during the plenary of the House.
He was impeached during a special sitting of the House presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Amarachi Iwuanyanwu (APC-Nwangele).
The lawmaker, of the Peoples Democratic Party, in a petition addressed to the IG on July 23, 2020, had alleged attempted assassination and incessant threats to his life.
The Chairman of the team, Prof. Maurice Iwu, made the promise at a meeting he held with the Imo State House of Assembly members in his office in Owerri on Wednesday.
The Chairman of the State Task Force on COVID-19, Prof. Maurice Iwu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen in Owerri on Tuesday.
Uzodinma signed the Bill into Law in Owerri on Friday
Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has inaugurated Interim Management Committee Chairmen for the 27 Local Government Areas of the state.
Before the Supreme Court judgment that declared Uzodinma governor, most members of the Assembly belonged to the Peoples Democratic Party, the platform that produced the outside Governor, Emeka Ihedioha