Governor, Samuel Ortom of Benue State has waved off the threat of his removal by eight Benue lawmakerd as ‘laughable”
Terver Akase, his Chief Press Secretary, in a press statement, argued: “They have not been able to form a quorum, so it is not possible,
” Only eight people served the governor the notice, even at that, two other members who were part of the Kangaroo sitting were on the side of the governor, so how can anybody call that an impeachment notice. It’s laughable and must be ignored completely.
“And for the record, there is a court injunction restricting the impeached Speaker from parading himself as the Speaker of the House and that court injunction has not been vacated.
“He has been suspended for 6 months, he doesn’t have any constitutional right to go back to that Assembly.
“He has done nothing to vacate that injunction so whatever he did stands null and void.”
“Ortom is still the Chief Executive of the State. You can’t just impeach a Governor in a flash. You have to go through all the legal and constitutional processes.
The lawmakers who belonged to the All Progressives Congress, Adanyi Benjamin, Terhemba Chabo, Benjamin Nungwa, Bem Mngutyo, Adams Okloho, James Okefe and Nick Eworo were among members that moved for the governor’s impeachment.
It was gathered that Terkimbi Ikyange who was removed as speaker of the Assembly last week was behind the plot.
