“What Okorocha has done is illegal and unconstitutional and where democracy thrives, these are acts that are impeachable. It is just unfortunate that the members of the Imo State House of Assembly have not taken up that matter. But these acts are impeachable because the offences are impeachable.
President Goodluck Jonathan's Special Adviser on Political Matters, Alhaji Ahmed Gulak, has called for Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha’s impeachment by the state House of Assembly.
Gulak made the call for Okorocha’s removal after the 27 local government chairmen sacked by Okorocha submitted a letter of protest through him to the President in Abuja on Monday.
Okorocha fired the chairmen elected under the banner of the Peoples Democratic Party during the Ikedi Ohakim administration on the grounds that their tenure had expired.
The governor appointed transitional committee chairmen comprising members of his party, the All Progressives Grand Alliance, to administer the LGs.
But the LG bosses challenged their removal in court, arguing that the governor had no constitutional powers to sack them.
The Federal Government on July 16 through the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Bello Adoke, ordered Okorocha to reinstate the chairmen.
The FG urged Okorocha to give full effect to the July 4, 2012 judgment of the Court of Appeal, Owerri, declaring their removal illegal and unconstitutional. But the governor refused to reverse his decision.
Gulak said, “In this vein, the courts have given their verdict that you should be reinstated. But the court verdict would be empty if you are not allowed to operate as chairmen of your local governments. A political solution must be found for this logjam and I believe that the leader of our party will be properly advised on the political solution to this political crisis in Imo State.
“Nigerian democracy was not got on a platter of gold. People suffered, people sacrificed, people lost their lives before this democracy came to be and no individual is greater than the democracy of Nigeria.”
The council bosses were led by the chairman of Isiala Mbano LG/Imo State chairman of Association of Local Government of Nigeria, Mrs. Ruby Emele, and Ngor Okpala LG boss who is the state ALGON Secretary, Mr. Enyinnaya Onuegbu.
Posted: at 4-09-2012 10:21 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
Opetemi-oh at 4-09-2012 12:48 PM (12 years ago) (m)
Is it bcos de re PDP, dat is y all dis impeachment! impeachment!!
Posted: at 4-09-2012 12:48 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie
baby4life at 4-09-2012 03:27 PM (12 years ago) (f)
The God of Imo citizens will never allow this to happen, Okorocha is God sent to Imo State so they shall all gather but if the gathering is not of God they will surely scatter.
Posted: at 4-09-2012 03:27 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie
The God of Imo citizens will never allow this to happen, Okorocha is God sent to Imo State so they shall all gather but if the gathering is not of God they will surely scatter.
Amen and Amen
Posted: at 4-09-2012 03:38 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming
Do me i do u God no go vex, If Okorocha will impeached and removed all the local chairmen elected by their local Govt, then why wont he be impeach and remove... All he can do is to wait till after their tenure, then all local Govt will have another elections to select their chairmen not by appointees by the State Governor...U know he'll only appoint his party people but local govt chaiman is only done by elections and voting by people..The worst thing u can do to people is to appoint someone to rule them instead of them to vote and select who is best for them.......Thats why we have democracy......
P.S DON'T HATE ME BCOZ OF WHAT COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MYSELF, SO phyukOFF..
Posted: at 5-09-2012 11:30 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
Goodluck and his adviser should leave imo state alone, cos if he dont he will regret ever smelling aso villa.....
Do me i do u God no go vex, If Okorocha will impeached and removed all the local chairmen elected by their local Govt, then why wont he be impeach and remove... All he can do is to wait till after their tenure, then all local Govt will have another elections to select their chairmen not by appointees by the State Governor...U know he'll only appoint his party people but local govt chaiman is only done by elections and voting by people..The worst thing u can do to people is to appoint someone to rule them instead of them to vote and select who is best for them.......Thats why we have democracy......
P.S DON'T HATE ME BCOZ OF WHAT COMES OUT OF MY MOUTH, I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT MYSELF, SO phyukOFF..
Posted: at 5-09-2012 11:32 PM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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