LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN IN EBONYI ARE BEING PROBED BY THE ASSEMBLY FOR DEFECTING TO APC, SAYS CHAKA NWEZE(EX-CHAIRMAN, OHAOZARA LGA):
LOCAL GOVERNMENT CHAIRMEN IN EBONYI ARE BEING PROBED BY THE ASSEMBLY FOR DEFECTING TO APC, SAYS CHAKA NWEZE(EX-CHAIRMAN, OHAOZARA LGA):
The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has been accused of embarking on a vindictive probing of the Local Government Chairmen in the state.
The allegation was made by the former Chairman of Ohaozara Local Government Area, Mr.Chaka Nweze, who claimed that the Chairmen of the 13 Local Government Areas in Ebonyi State are being probed for defecting
en masse to the opposition All Progressives Congress(APC).
Mr.Chaka, who said he was the prime target of the probe action embarked upon by the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, pointed out that the 'probe action' "was a calculated attempt to witch-hunt the officials of the immediate past administration under Chief Martin Nwancho Elechi".
The former chairman also alleged that he was been accused of spear heading the movement of the 13 LGA Chairmen to the APC.
His words: "The ruling government in the state is accusing me of leading other council chairmen in defecting to the All Progressives Congress but I am neither the leader of the chairmen nor the State Chairman of the Association of Local Goverment of Nigeria(ALGON)".
It could be recalled that the Ebonyi State House of Assembly(EBHA), had recently set up an 11-man committee to probe the Chairmen and investigate the accounts of the 13 Local Government Areas and the Cordinators of the Development Centres in the state. As the committee, headed by the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Honourable Odefa Obasi Odefa had started work, they immediately summoned the arrest of 3 LGA Chairmen, namely: Mr.Chaka Nweze(Ohaozara LGA); Mr.Egwu Chima(Afikpo South LGA); Mr.Edwin Oke(Ezza South LGA)
As it stands now, the Ebonyi House of Assembly had indicted 12 out of the 13 LGA former Chairmen in the state, mandating them to refund the State/LG money they embezzled which amounts to millions of naira.
The Ebonyi State House of Assembly has been accused of embarking on a vindictive probing of the Local Government Chairmen in the state.
The allegation was made by the former Chairman of Ohaozara Local Government Area, Mr.Chaka Nweze, who claimed that the Chairmen of the 13 Local Government Areas in Ebonyi State are being probed for defecting
en masse to the opposition All Progressives Congress(APC).
Mr.Chaka, who said he was the prime target of the probe action embarked upon by the Ebonyi State House of Assembly, pointed out that the 'probe action' "was a calculated attempt to witch-hunt the officials of the immediate past administration under Chief Martin Nwancho Elechi".
The former chairman also alleged that he was been accused of spear heading the movement of the 13 LGA Chairmen to the APC.
His words: "The ruling government in the state is accusing me of leading other council chairmen in defecting to the All Progressives Congress but I am neither the leader of the chairmen nor the State Chairman of the Association of Local Goverment of Nigeria(ALGON)".
It could be recalled that the Ebonyi State House of Assembly(EBHA), had recently set up an 11-man committee to probe the Chairmen and investigate the accounts of the 13 Local Government Areas and the Cordinators of the Development Centres in the state. As the committee, headed by the Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Honourable Odefa Obasi Odefa had started work, they immediately summoned the arrest of 3 LGA Chairmen, namely: Mr.Chaka Nweze(Ohaozara LGA); Mr.Egwu Chima(Afikpo South LGA); Mr.Edwin Oke(Ezza South LGA)
As it stands now, the Ebonyi House of Assembly had indicted 12 out of the 13 LGA former Chairmen in the state, mandating them to refund the State/LG money they embezzled which amounts to millions of naira.
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