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BREAKING: TENSION IN IMO STATE, AS LAWMAKERS SUSPEND 27 LGA CHAIRMEN

Afnews Editor

May 09, 2019

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Lawmakers in Imo State at the Thursday plenary suspended 27 elected chairmen of the 27 Local Government Areas of the state.

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The motion for the immediate suspension of the chairmen was moved by Chika Madumere (Nkwerre),and was unanimously supported by all the lawmakers at the plenary.

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The sponsor of the motion accused the chairmen of failing to appear before the legislature to give explanation on how they have been running their LGAs financially.

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According to Madumere, who failed to win a re-election, the suspended chairmen undermined the legislature by failing to properly honour invitations sent to them on several occasions.

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One of the suspended chairmen who does not want his name in print confirmed the development to our correspondent in a telephone conversation.

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He, however, told our correspondent that the suspended chairmen were meeting to review the situation.

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He promised to get back to our correspondent at the end of the meeting.

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The plenary was still on going as of the time of filing this report. (Punchng)

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