Inside Story On How Kennedy Ibeh Emerged As Speaker Imo State Assembly

It Is No Longer News That A Brand New Speaker Of Imo State House Of Assembly Emerged Today, 08/11/2021, During Plenary At The Assembly Complex. Politics Is Very Local And Is Played By Those Who Understand It Better.

I Have Written Comprehensively On The Recent Opposition Sponsored Crisis At The Imo State House Of Assembly, And How The Deputy Speaker, Rt Honourable Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu, Was Purportedly Claimed To Have Been Removed, Which Has Now Turned Out To Be A False Narrative. Nevertheless, After Studying The Whole Scenario, I Gave Rt Honourable Paul Emeziem The Option Of Resigning As Speaker Of IMHA, While At The Same Time Insisting That Hon Ekene Nnodumele Who Claimed To Have Presented The Fictitious Resolution, Purportedly Signed By 18 Lawmakers , Should Be Suspended. These Were Ignored.

However, Worried That The Good Legislative Image Of Imo State House Of Assembly Has Nosedived, Due To The Clandestine And Unparliamentary Conducts Of Rt Honourable Paul Emeziem , Hon Ekene Nnodumele And Rt Honourable Okey Onyekamma, Distinguished Honourable Members Came Together To Rescue The Situation. This They Did By Setting Out On A Legislative Fact Finding Mission As Follows.

1. Fourteen (14) Honourable Members Served The Clerk Of The House , Barrister Mrs Emeghara, The Intention To Reconvene.

2. Thereafter, The Clerk Sent Out Notice Of Reconvening To All Honourable Members.

3. 23 Out Of 27 Honourable Members Arrived The Assembly Complex And Went Into An Executive Session To Deliberate On Issues Of Urgent Importance.

4. Thereafter, The Distinguished Honourable Members Were Led Into The Chamber For Plenary By The Sergeant At Arms, The Clerk And Other Officials Of IMHA.

5. In The Absence Of Rt Honourable Paul Emeziem And The “Status” Of Rt Honourable Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu In “Contention”, The Honourable Members Elected Rt Honourable Uju Onwudiwe As Speaker PROTEMPRE, Who Presided Over The Plenary.

6. Then The Status Of Rt Honourable Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu Came Up. All The Honourable Members Present At Plenary Disclosed That They Were Not Aware About The Purported Impeachment Of The Deputy Speaker. Also, The So-called 18 Signatories That Signed The Purported Resolution For The Removal Of The Deputy Speaker Was Discovered To Be Fictitious And Never Existed, As The Issue Was Never Put To Vote, And There Was No Resolution To Truly Show Anything Was Adopted.

7. The Clerk Of The Assembly, Barrister Mrs Emeghara, Was Asked If There Were Records Showing That Rt Honourable Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu Was Removed As Deputy Speaker. She CLEARLY Responded That The IMHA Has No Record Showing That Rt Honourable Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu Was Removed As Deputy Speaker.

8. Thereafter, With A Voice Vote, It Was Resolved That Rt Honourable Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu Was NEVER Impeached As The Deputy Speaker Of IMHA.

  1. With The Nomination And Secondment Of Rt Honourable Barrister Kennedy Ibeh To Be The Speaker Of IMHA, Rt Honourable Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu Put It To Vote And 19 Honourable Members Voted For The Adoption Of Rt Honourable Barrister Kennedy Ibeh As The SPEAKER Of Imo State House Of Assembly.

10. Rt Honourable Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu, Who Was On Floor Of The House, Was Thereafter Led To His Seat To Preside, And Because A Vacuum Had Been Created On The Status Of The Speaker, Due To Several Acts Of Unparliamentary Conducts Committed By Him And Others, It Became Necessary To Elect A New Speaker. To This End, Honourable Chigozie Nwaneri Of Oru East State Constituency Nominated Rt Honourable Barrister Kennedy Ibeh Of Obowo State Constituency To Be The Speaker. This Was Seconded By Hon Frank Ugboma Of Oguta State Constituency.

9. The Speaker PROTEMPRE, Rt Honourable Uju Onwudiwe Then Put It To Vote, And Majority Voted For It.

12. It Should Be Noted That The Symbol Of Legislative Authority, THE MACE, Was Present Throughout The Duration Of The Plenary.

13. All Standing Committees Were Thereafter Dissolved And Would Be Reconstituted In Few Days Time.

14. Honourable Members Of Imo State House Of Assembly, Led By Hon Johnson Duru, The Chairman Of The Dissolved House Committee On Information And Publicity Addressed The Press And Human Rights Activists Present, On What Transpired At The Imo State House Of Assembly.

15. With The Nomination And Election Of Rt Honourable Barrister Kennedy Ibeh (A Tested And Trusted Lawmaker, With Vast Legislative Experience) As The Speaker Of Imo State House Of Assembly By Distinguished Honourable Members, IMHA Has Been Put Back On The Legislative Wheel Of Business Of Law Making, Appropriation And Oversight, That Will Bring Legislative Responsibility That Will Address The Many Challenges Facing The State, On One Hand And Reassure Ndimo Of The Synergy Between The Legislature And The Executive In Bringing Prosperity To The State, Which Is The Vision Of His Excellency, Governor Hope Uzodinma, On The Other Hand.

In Conclusion, With What Transpired At The Imo State House Of Assembly, These Past Few Days, It Is Very Clear That Rt Honourable Amarachi Chyna Iwuanyanwu, Mr Capacity, Is A Leader Whose Unquestionable Loyalty To The Progress And Development Of The State Was The Envy Of The Opposition In The State, Who Had Been Before Now Clandestinely Plotting To Destabilize, Through Unpatriotic Members Of IMHA, Who Have Now Been Fished Out, Demobilized (Impeached) And Suspended.

Imo State Is Now Back To Life. To God Be The Glory.

Hon Dr Citizen Ikenna Samuelson

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