Crisis rocks Enugu council over impeachment notice on chairman

INDICATIONS emerged yesterday that crisis may have started brewing in Awgu Local Government, Enugu State as the Legislative Council on Wednesday served an impeachment notice on the Council Chairman, Mathanus Nnanna Nze.

In the Notice of Impeachment signed by six out of the 11Ward

councillors that make up the legislative body, the councillors accused

Nze of gross misconduct, lack of accountability, corruption, and sponsoring political violence against the Legislative Council.

The Legislative Council in its resolution said it had “noted with serious concern the total collapse of governance in the council and the brutality and bare-faced dictatorship perpetrated by Nze and his

cohorts.”

It added: “Noting that apart from poor budget implementation, lack of accountability, and retirement for contracts not executed, there are outright acts of brigandage and the management of the Local Government have been turned into a private estate.

“And noting that the council chairman has persistently ignored summons by the Legislative Council to account for his stewardship since January 4, 2012.

“We, pursuant to our constitutional mandate as the people’s parliament, hereby serve a Notice of Impeachment on. Mathanus Nnanna Nze, the Chairman of Awgu Local Government in accordance with

the Local Government Laws of Enugu State, Nigeria.”

The Legislative Council said it had activated necessary legislative due processes towards the impeachment and notified the Chairman of theCouncil accordingly.

It also elected Olisa Solomon Okolo, Ituku/Isu/Agbudu Ward, as the new Leader and head of the Awgu Local Government Legislative Council.

The Legislative Council had on Tuesday impeached and suspended its leadership for alleged anti-party activities, political violence, and sabotage of Awgu political interest.

In a resolution passed by eight out of a total of 11 ward councillors, the Legislative Council accused its former leadership of conspiring with Nze to allegedly hire armed political thugs that allegedly invaded the legislative chambers and unleashed mayhem on its members.