impeachment plot against him by 15 Lawmakers in Enugu State House of
Assembly, over allegations of forgery of the 2012 supplementary budget
and financial misconduct.
Governor Chime, who denied forging any budget document or tried
borrowing any money barely three weeks to his exit, said the latest
antics of the House of Assembly is as a result of his refusal to
succumb to their monetary appeals after they had approved the loan.
According to the Governor, "Since last year September, the said eleven
billion naira they are raising their voices against had been long
approved by the Legislators and it is the same figure that is
reflecting in the approved budget that you also have in the
supplementary budget, which they are now referring to as fake".
He also says that, though, he is yet to receive any impeachment
notice, the moves by the Lawmakers against him will not prevail as the
constitution requires a simple two third majority, which the house, as
presently constituted, would find impossible to realise.
However, the Governor moved faster than the legislators as he
hurriedly gathered eight of the lawmakers, who sat, and then impeached
the Speaker, Honourable Eugene Odoh, and elected a new Speaker,
Honourable Chinedu Nwamba.
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