Governor Sullivan Chime has told the deputy governor of
Enugu State, Chief Sunday Onyebuchi, to forward in his
resignation letter.
Enugu State Governor Sullivan Chime
According to Vanguard, the Deputy wrong doing is his
choice to contest Enugu East senatorial election come 2015
against the governor's choice, Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ifeoma
Nwobodo.
The issue has escalated to the point where the house has
been mandated to gather the necessary amount of
signatures to impeach Onyebuchi.
Sources say that 20 of the 24 lawmakers have already put
down their signatures after being summoned to a meeting
convened by Governor Chime at the Government house
where he told them of the plan.
A government house staff said: "The lawmakers just rose
from their meeting held at the Governor's Lodge and I can
tell you that the two-third majority needed to remove the
Deputy Governor has been obtained and the impeachment
notice has been signed ".
Information Committee of the State Assembly chairman and
House Leader, Mr. SKC Udeokoye were not available last
night to confirm these reports as they failed to answer their
phones.
Another source told Vanguard that the plot has already
intensified and the lawmakers are already set to start the
process this week.
Reports coming in states that the problem between the
governor and his deputy began last year february, when
Chime after being sick for over four months due to medical
issues , his deputy had called him and asked him to resign
his position immediatly.
The Source revealed: "There was an encounter between the
governor and the deputy last Wednesday where they
reportedly disagreed over the contest for the Enugu East
senatorial election and other contentious issues between two
of them. "This incident was said to have been witnessed by
the governor's Special Adviser on Inter-governmental Affair,
Rita Mba. "
Then the governor started to list out the sins of Onyebuchi,
which included refusing to represent him at the last meeting
of South East Governors' Forum despite being informed by
the Chief of Protocol.
Onyebuchi immediatly denied that he willingly denied
attending the said event and said that Chime failed to tell
him personally to show up and refused to take orders from
a junior officer.
The source continued: "The governor also frowned against
the deputy governor's suggestion to remove from office the
Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo, during his absence
last year, a development that forced him to return to the
country, even when the doctors did not give him clearance
to return to Nigeria at the time. "He also frowned against
the deputy's refusal to heed his earlier advice not to venture
into the Enugu East senatorial race, accusing him of
associating with the opponents of his government".
Onyebuchi feels he is being kicked out for his senatorial
ambition despite his loyalty to the governor since the past
seven years and he said this to the governor during their
confrontation.
Then Chime lost it and in a rage of anger told the Deputy to
exit the Government House or he will call his security men
on him, seeing that the issue was already getting off
control, Onyebuchi left the office.
Onyebuchi is reportedly aware of the impeachment process
as he has been told by the PDP Chairman, who encouraged
him to save face and pull the plug on his postion as the
Deputy governor, but he rejected the idea even as his
security entourage is being pulled out under his legs by
Chime's orders.
This is not the first time Governor Chime and his deputy are
in loggerheads, Chime had earlier destroyed Onyebuchi's
poultry farm, where he had stored over 3000 birds.
In that case Onyebuchi cried foul and compared the
governor to a power drunk official who only does what he
wants and his judgement is influenced by anger and not
reasoning.
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