The Deputy Governor of Imo State Jude Agbaso has been impeached from office after a prolonged battle over the allegation that he demanded for and collected bribes.
Twenty five out of twenty six members of the Imo State House of Assembly voted in favour of the impeachment, Channels TV reports.
His impeachment comes just hours after the High Court dismissed the suit he filed, asking it to stop his impeachment by the state Assembly. He also asked the court to restrain the Nigerian Police from harassing him or acting upon the recommendations of the House of Assembly against him. His case was however thrown out of court earlier today for “lack of merit”
Agbaso allegedly demanded and collected the sum of N417 Million from a construction firm handling the reconstruction of Sam Mbakwe Road, Owerri. He however denied the allegation.
Following his impeachment, the Chief of Staff to the Governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere, has been cleared by the state House of Assembly to replace him as Deputy Governor.
very good..I’m quite impressed! This is how they should be catching all those pot bellied thieves one after the other
Aren’t they all?
The impeachment should not end the whole matter. Imolites are most interested in knowing who actually allowed the Lebanese to cart away our money by not following due process in the course of awarding of the contracts. Barr Simeon Iwunze led committee should take note!
Hmmmm…..yeye dey smell!!! Why do I feel this is not the whole truth? A ploy to put Eze,who’s been Rochas’ P. A for yrs,as the deputy! Ok,we’re watching!!!
Exactly.
Awe…his wife is so pretty and nice. Oh well!
*aww*
That is why he can afford to open chains of dry cleaning businesses, Wine factory and Thai Restaurants everywhere. International thief thief olee
who is surprised? not me……yimu…
Make God help us!
Mm them dey look as them dey tiff these money dem at all? See d way they r just calling the millions yet people are hungry. Na wa sha. Now he can live in shame, that is if they have any shame
May other states learn from this and things will be better once again esp. Peter Obi and his crew
the only thing interesting about this story is that the figure is 2Mil short our national honorary number….
mssccheww…even if they jailed him, shebi his bff will come and grant him pardon in a couple of years! what we need is a revolution!! a totally fresh set of minds that will get rid of all these roaches for good!!
question…. The women that marry these men, don’t they know how to encourage their men to be better men? What is it with all these useless behaviors from these men with wives. I thought women bring out the best out of their men.
my dear they don’t listen oh. i have aunties married to senators. men do not listen to their wives when they have money, but when they r in trouble they run back into the arms of their wives.
This one Na Cambridge question
Step in the right direction at least
Rochas nd his apga members shuld respect demselves,now i undastand.rochas,rochas,rochas hmmmm time shall tell.rochas want 2 emerge wit northerners 2 overtrow goodluck.Jude agbaso refused 2 follow u 2 APC nd u came out wit dis aligation.Rochas prosperity wil neva 4give u if dis aligation is force
are u insane? do u read papers or ask question before u contribution? very sorry for u. if agbaso is ur brother go home and advise him
our govt wil do wel if de ar ready 2 fight corroption.dat is a gud move
Very good. I’m impressed.
Naija we hail thee!! 1 human being, 417 million Naira?! and some people starve in the country………………….
wetin rilly hapen
I am happy for wat Imo state House of Assembly did. I believe other state government n other public office holder may learn their lesson.
Do yet
The fact that the deputy is impeached shouldn’t make you guys happy,we only pray for them not to be caught up by the spirit of money…it influences and makes pple to misbehave…”the love of money is the root of evil”
Kudos to house of Assebly’s members,the court and Imo State Government for the bold step they took.It means that in deed,IMO STATE MUST BE BETTER!!….
are u insane? do u read papers or ask question before u contribution? very sorry for u. if agbaso is ur brother go home and advise him
Is it only dis one u people saw? how about other predominantly leaders in this country getting away with masses finance, see this country cnt be controlled no matter what corruption is the order of day while GEj granted freedom to BH without considering the abhor they have igbo people i want to let him know that he should be expecting more bomb from BH. House of Assembly will not see this one God will save us
It shouldn’t end with a mere impeachment cos it gives him way to reform n return as Governors/presidents. Why don’t they return all their loots to forster justice? 417mil is just nonsense to compare with all he may have stolen. How about the past Government?