The Deputy Speaker of Imo State House of Assembly, Amara Iwuanyanwu, has been impeached.
Our correspondent reports that 18 out of the 27 members of the parliament supported the removal of the deputy speaker, who represents Nwangele State constituency.
Also, during Imo State House of Assembly plenary, six members of the assembly who were suspended on July 8, this year, were recalled.
The Imo State House of Assembly speaker, Paul Emezim, suspended the lawmakers over what he tagged “unparliamentarily conduct.”
The suspended lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly are Kennedy Ibe (Obowo), Onyemaechi Njoku (Ihitte Uboma), Uche Ogbuagu (Ikeduru), Anyadike Nwosu (Ezinihitte Mbaise), Philip Ejiogu, (Owerri North) and Dominic Ezerioha (Oru West).
The Imo State House of Assembly speaker, who presided over the plenary, supported the removal of Amara Iwuanyanwu. He also said the suspended lawmakers had repented hence the lifting of their suspension.