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The embattled former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, on Monday, criticised his successor, Hope Uzodinma, whom he said was trying to intimidate him and his supporters in the state.
Senator Okorocha spoke on Monday, while receiving a crowd of supporters on a solidarity visit to him.
By Ugonne Uzoma Owerri, Jan. 25, 2020 Mr Frank Ugboma, representing Oguta constituency at the Imo House of Assembly, has expressed dissatisfaction with the amendment of some portions of the House Rules by the assembly. Ugboma said in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Owerri on Monday that the act was a “flagrant abuse of legislative process”. Naija247news recalls that the Deputy Speaker, Mr Amarachi Iwuanyawu (APC Nwangele), moved a motion at the last sitting of the assembly, seeking to relax Order 11 and Rules 61, 62 and 63 of the house. The section states that “an...
By Ugonne Uzoma (08065838963) Owerri, Dec. 22, 2020 The Imo House of Assembly on Tuesday amended the Imo State Administration of Criminal Justice Law No. 2 of 2020 and three other Executive Bills. The bills, which were sponsored by the Deputy Majority Leader of the house, Mr Emeka Nduka, (APC Ehime Mbano), received accelerated hearing by the house. Naija247news reports that the amended sections included 472, 484 and 485. Section 484 of the law was deleted in the amended version. The section previously read: “where a person is ordered to be detained at the governor’s pleasure, such a per...