Benue House of Assembly
speaker impeached.
Benue Speaker, Hon Terkibir
Ikyange, has been impeached.
Mr Titus Ubwa, from
Vandeikiya state assembly, has emerged the new Speaker.
The Speaker of the Benue
State House of Assembly, Mr. Terkimbi Ikyange has been impeached on Tuesday by
22 out 30 members of the state House of Assembly, Punch NG reports.
The speaker was impeached
alongside his deputy, Mrs. James Okefe and the Majority Leader of the House,
Benjamin Adanyi, for alleged abuse of office.
The lawmakers accused the
Speaker of abuse of office and high-handedness.
The lawmakers consequently
elected the former Chief Whip of the House, Mr. Titus Ubah, representing
Vandeikya Kyan constituency, as the new Speaker.
Johnson Egli Ahubi
(Otukpo/Akpa) was elected Deputy Speaker, while Avine Agbum (Makurdi South) was
elected Majority Leader.
The motion for the
Speaker’s impeachment and that of other principal officers of the House was
moved by Mr. Richard Ujege (Konshisha state constituency) and seconded by Mr.
Anthony Ogbu (Ado state constituency)
The House had, on 10th of
July, adjourned sitting till 15th of August, 2018, only for the 22 members to
have an emergency sitting on Tuesday.
Speaking to newsmen shortly
after his election, the new Speaker, Mr. Titus Ubah, stated that, Mr. Ikyange
was unanimously removed as a result of his high-handedness.
He said:
“The eighth Assembly of the
Benue State is a House that has come to do what the people have elected them to
do and once they notice that there is anything that would tarnish the image of
the eighth Assembly, the House will rise to that challenge and that is what the
House has done today.”
Talking about the vote of
confidence members passed recently on the impeached Speaker, the new Speaker
said,
“After passing that vote of
confidence, somebody also rose and said that the vote of confidence should not
get into their heads.
“And shortly after that, it
was discovered that it has gone to their heads.”
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