Following reports of the purported impeachment of the Speaker, Abia State House of Assembly, Chinedum Orji by some members of the House,Governor Okezie Ikpeazu has offered to mediate in the crisis with a call on all concerned to maintain calm.
Recall that the speaker was today,allegedly impeached by about 9 members of the State House of Assembly on accusation of insensitivity to the welfare of the member, among other allegations.
But,Ikpeazu in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Onyebuchi Ememanka appealled to the Speaker and Members of the Assembly to maintain the peace and allow reason and patriotism to guide their actions.
Ikpeazu expressed the view that with barely less than one month to the end of his administration and the ushering of a new administration, it will absolutely make no sense to engage in any issue that is likely to plunge the state into any form of confusion.
The Governor maintained that his administration’s main preoccupation at the moment is how to pilot the ship of the state peacefully as well as tie up all administrative matters including the completion of key projects.
He therefore noted that his government does not have the luxury of time and resources for any crisis at the moment adding that the mood in the state makes any such move inexpedient.
