A chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, Ben Ozirim, says lawmakers who defected to the All Progressives Congress in Imo State House of Assembly would lose their seats.
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The decision of the Speaker and others to leave for the APC comes after some other members of the PDP also announced their defection
The lawmaker, representing Ikeduru Constituency, announced his defection in a letter dated January 28, 2020 and addressed to the Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Hon. Chiji Collins.
The Court of Appeal Abuja division on Wednesday restored the certificate of return issued to Chike Okafor of the All Progressives Congress (APC) by the Independent National Electoral Commission.
Six members of the Imo House of Assembly on Monday dumped their parties for the People’s Democratic Party.
The suspension was announced by the Speaker of the House, Lawman Duruji, during proceedings at the floor of the House in Owerri on Monday.
A former Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Amaechi Nwoha, has expressed his optimism that President Muhammadu Buhari will give his backing to a Nigerian of Igbo extraction to become the next speaker of the House of Representatives.
Members of the Imo State House of Assembly on Wednesday served an impeachment notice on the Speaker, Iheanacho Ihim, for alleged misconduct.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Acho Ihim, read the notice of defection signed by the lawmakers during plenary on Thursday evening
Dr Iheanacho Ihim, Speaker, Imo House of Assembly, has said that there was no impeachment process against Governor Rochas Okorocha.
Justice Ben Iheka of the Imo State High Court gave the restraining order on Monday
The House made the resolution following a motion of urgent national and state importance moved by the representative of Ideato North Constituency, Arthur Egwim.
Ihim made the call at the APC National Secretariat in Abuja on Wednesday, while speaking with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with National Chairman of the party, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun.
The principal officers who resigned their positions are: the Majority Leader, Lugard Osuji; his deputy, Kenneth Ibe; and the Chief Whip of the House, Marcel Odunze, all of the All Progressives Congress.
I joined politics after a year-long sustained pressure from my people. My joining politics since 2013 was indeed a popular demand from both the young and old in my area who are genuinely convinced that I have the pedigree and character to give them quality representation in the state Assembly
However, the police on Tuesday said the alarm raised by the lion’s keeper was false
Agbaso’s counsel, Patrick Ikwueto, SAN, had sought the order of the court to stop the Imo State House of Assembly from proceeding with the impeachment process against Agbaso
Agbaso is in court to contest the move by the state House of Assembly to impeach and remove him from office
The House, in a statement by the Chairman of the Committee on Information, Hon. Acho Ihim, said the probe of Agbaso began after it was discovered that a road contract being handled by J-Pros International Limited was abandoned by the contractor because the deputy governor, who is also the Commissioner for Works, collected N458 million out of the mobilization fee paid for the contract