Amaechi's Impeachment: List Of Governor's Sins

The anti-Rotimi Amaechi lawmakers, led by Mr. Evans Bipi have listed the offences allegedly committed by the governor  that makes him impeachable.

The six anti-Amaechi lawmakers which is made up of their leader Bipi, Michael Okechukwu Chinda, Kelechi Godspower Nwogu, Martins Amaewhule, Victor Ihunwo and Ikuinyi-Owaji Ibani have vowed that the governor will be impeached when the time is right.

Gov. Rotimi Amaechi

Speaking with The PUNCH in a telephone interview on Thursday, Mr Bipi said though they have the intention to impeach Amaechi the governor of Rivers state, they have no plans of doing such now, even though he is guilty of so many impeachable offences.

Listing Amaechi's impeachable offences, he said Amaechi’s interference in the affairs of the state judiciary and meeting with other members of the House of Assembly at the Port Harcourt Government House were impeachable offences that would count against the governor.

According to Bipi, meeting with lawmakers in Government House is an impeachable offence because that is not the hallowed chamber.

He also listed the alleged poor handling of the monorail project and purported seizure of the allowances of six lawmakers perceived to be against his (Amaechi) administration.

He said, “But why is Amaechi afraid of impeachment? If he has not committed any impeachable offence, why is he afraid?

"We will impeach him when the time comes. But for now, we have no plan to impeach the governor. But he knows that he has committed a lot of impeachable offences."

Meanwhile, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mr. Otelemaba Dan-Amachree, said Amaechi was not under any threat of impeachment and maintained that the governor had not committed any impeachable offence.

Reports surfaced online this morning that there was a fresh plot being arranged by a serving minister from the state, to persuade 6 House of Assembly members, the representatives of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), to impeach the Rivers state governor, Amaechi.

Source: Legit.ng