The Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Chief Martins Azubuike, has alleged that his colleagues impeached him last week because he refused to share money meant to execute some projects in the state to them.
Azubuike, who spoke at a reception by his community, Umunneato-Ngwa, a socio-cultural body said: “I chose to deploy available funds to projects and not sharing it among members.”
The group comprises three sister-local government areas of Osisioma Ngwa, Isiala Ngwa North and Isiala Ngwa South of the state.
Martins Azubuike argued that he did not commit any impeachable offence but was removed because he did not agree to the demands to share allocations to the house among the members.
Azubuike, then a third-term legislator, listed the projects executed during his more than one year tenure as Speaker to include the completion of an office complex for the 24 legislators which was started in 2007, the computerization of the operations and a website for the Assembly to enable members to track its activities from within and outside the complex. Procurement of vehicles for the members and two buses for committee assignments by members. [myad]
