Reports emanating from Enugu indicate that, Governor Sullivan Chime has broken his silence on the impeachment plot against him by 15 Lawmakers in state House of Assembly over allegations of corrupt enrichment.The governor who has stayed mute about the saga has said the moves by the Lawmakers against him will not prevail as the constitution requires a simple two thirds majority, which the house, as currently constituted, would find it impossible to realize, Daily Independent reports.
Noting that though, he was yet to receive any impeachment notice; Governor Chime denied forging any budget document or borrowing any money barely three weeks to his exit.
He said the latest antics of the House of Assembly is as a result of his refusal to succumb to their monetary appeals after they had approved the loan.
“Since last year September, the said N11 billion they are raising their voices against had been long approved by the legislators and it is the same figure that is reflecting in the approved budget that you also have in the supplementary budget, which they are now referring to as fake,” he stated.
Meanwhile, the crisis currently rocking the Enugu State House of Assembly has claimed its first casualty with the impeachment of the Speaker, Hon. Eugene Odoh.
However, just as Governor Chime prepares to handover to the governor-elect, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi, reports say he has already moved out of the Enugu state Government House.
Sullivan Iheanacho Chime (born 10 April 1959) was elected governor of Enugu State in Nigeria in April 2007, taking office on 29 May 2007 from ex-Governor Chimaroke Nnamani.
