Enugu Deputy Governor was Impeached for Running Poultry

After some weeks of horse-trading, members of the Enugu State House of Assembly on Tuesday impeached the deputy governor of the state, Sunday Onyebuchi. His impeachment followed his indictment by a seven-man panel of enquiry, which investigated allegations levelled against him by Governor Sullivan Chime. The panel, in its report, held that Onyebuchi was guilty of all the allegations brought against him. “The allegations of gross misconduct levelled against the Deputy Governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, by the Enugu State House of Assembly have been proved,” the panel, headed by Mr. Franklin Oraekeyi, stated in the report. Onyebuchi was accused of running an illegal poultry in his official residence, thus constituting an offence based on a resolution of the House, and also refusing to represent Governor Chime at official functions. The lawmakers, in the impeachment notice, held that the said actions amounted to gross misconduct on the part of Onyebuchi. The deputy governor had denied the allegations, alleging that it is witch-hunting because expressing an intention to contest the seat of the Enugu East Senatorial Zone, which is said to have been reserved for the governor’s Chief of Staff, one Mrs. Ifeoma Nwobodo.