Another drama played out Monday morning in Benue State as eight members of the House of Assembly threatened to issue notice of impeachment on Governor Samuel Ortom within the next seven days.
Daily Trust reports that the ousted Speaker, Terkimibi Ikyange- led faction made the threat at a news conference in Makurdi.
It was gathered earlier that some youths at about 5:00am today occupied the Assembly complex over an alleged plot by some members to impeach the governor.
The police was however, said to have dispersed them (youths) with tear gas canisters.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday interrogated former Governor of Akwa Ibom State Godswill Akpabio over allegation of financial crimes. Daily Trust gathered that Akpabio honoured the invitation by the anti-graft agency to explain allegations of looting of the state’s funds during his tenure. Sources told our correspondent that Senator Akpabio was being interrogated late yesterday evening at the Abuja head offices of the Commission. He was spotted at the EFFC office in company of a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Rickey Tarfa, at about 5:20pm. Akpabio’s arrest yesterday is fallout of the petition by an Abuja-based lawyer and activist, Leo Ekpenyong, who had on June 8 this year petitioned President Muhammadu Buhari and the EFCC, calling for Senator Akpabio’s probe and accusing him of looting. The petitioner had earlier on Wednesday adopted his petition and provided more details to the anti-graft agency on the allegations against the minority leader of People...
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