Out of the 18 councilors of the council, 16 endorsed the move to impeach the LG chairman.
The resolution of his removal was signed by the Clerk of the House, Okoye Samuel.
The council legislators accused the chairman of mismanagement of public funds and gross misconduct.
Allegations leveled against the chairman also included that he received over N4.2m as refund of money spent during his inauguration.
The resolution of the House, dated June 2, 2015, was made available to newsmen by the council members.
They stated that the impeachment notice became necessary and remained the last resort as the council boss activities from the inception of his administration to date had been detrimental to the council.
An impeachment process had earlier been initiated against the chairman on August 24, 2014 but was said to have been halted in the interest of peace by the powers that be.
The chairman was further accused of non-release of monthly income and expenditure of the local government.
The notice read, “Relying on these constitutional breaches and fraudulent practices coupled with other issues, which we may not itemise here, his removal from office as well as comprehensive audit of his financial transactions remain the only option left for us.”
“Consequently, we hereby invoke the provisions of Section 66, subsection 2, paragraph A of Anambra State Local Government Law 1999 (Amendment No. 8) of 2014 to commence the process for the removal from office of Barr. Onyeakpa John as Executive Chairman of Orumba South Local Government Area.”
No comments:
Post a Comment