Impeached Imo Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere. [Photo credit: Facebook)
Eze Madumere, the impeached Imo Deputy Governor, has alleged that Governor Rochas Okorocha masterminded his “illegal” removal.
Madumere was impeached by 19 out of 27 members of the House on Monday.
As stated by Speaker of the House Acho Ihim, Madumere was removed from office following outcome of a report of a 7-man panel, which probed allegations of gross misconduct against Madumere.
But the man in the eye of the storm described his removal as illegal, calling the lawmakers “mere stooge in the hands of the governor.”
“In disobedience to the restraining order against the the Chief Judge, the seven-man panel, Speaker and members of Imo State House of Assembly from further action on the controversial impeachment proceeding against the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere, the House of Assembly in Gestapo manner, has removed the Deputy Governor of the state from office,” he said in a statement issued by his media aide Uche Onwuchekwa
”The Presiding Judge of High Court 8, Justice Benjamin Iheka had restrained the seven-man panel of Inquiry constituted by the Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Paschal Nnadi, the Chief Judge, Speaker and members of Imo State House of Assembly over a matter brought before the court that bothers on constitutional breaches in the procedure adopted to remove the Deputy Governor from the office.
”The Acho Ihim-led faction of the members of the House sponsored by Governor Okorocha against the Court Order and the rule of law illegally removed the Deputy Governor in a kangaroo manner.
”Against the requirement of the law, Prince Madumere was not given fair hearing as he was neither invited during the sitting of the investigative committee in the House of Assembly nor by the seven-man panel set up the Chief Judge.”