BEVERLY HILLS, August 26, (THEWILL) –Â Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, the Deputy Governor of Enugu State was Tuesday morning impeached by the House of Assembly after adopting a report of a 7-member panel, which investigated allegations of misconduct against him.
The motion to impeach the embattled politician who had fallen out of favour with Governor Sullivan Chime was moved by House leader Udeh-Okoye with 22 members approving the impeachment.
The embattled deputy governor has been at loggerheads with Governor Sullivan Chime over his speculated bid to run for the Enugu East Senate seat in 2015, a seat many say the governor has penciled down for his Chief of Staff, Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo.
Enugu political watchers told THEWILL that Onyebuchi had severally rebuffed Chime’s counsel to jettison his senatorial bid thereby allowing Chime mobilise his political forces against him.
On July 22, 2014, the House of Assembly leveled dozens of allegations of misconduct against the deputy governor, one of the charges was that he operated a poultry within the confines of his official residence as well as deploying state resources to run it.
A panel constituted by the Chief Judge of the state found Onyebuchi guilty as charged after a dramatic trial.
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