Impeached Enugu Deputy Gov Rejects Redeployment

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Indications have emerged that the impeached deputy governor of Enugu State, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, would not accept his redeployment to the state civil service by Governor Sullivan Chime.

The former deputy governor was an employee of the Enugu State Civil Service before he ventured into politics after rising to the rank of a permanent secretary. But he was demoted to the rank of a deputy director in his redeployment, which was confirmed by the Enugu State Government on Monday.

Efforts by Punch to get Onyebuchi to comment on the development were unsuccessful as of the time of filing this report but a source, who is close to him, informed Punch that the former deputy governor would ignore the redeployment.
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N’Assembly takes over Rivers legislature … demands redeployment of state CP, Mbu

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The Senate  passed a resolution on Thursday  empowering it and the House of Representatives to take over the legislative functions of the Rivers State House of Assembly.

In the resolution which concurs with that of the  House on July 10, the Senate also flayed the attempt by five anti-Rotimi Amaechi lawmakers to impeach the state Assembly Speaker, Otelemaba  Amachree.

Chairman of the Senate Committee on Information and Media, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe,  said after the decision that a meeting between the President of the Senate, David Mark,  and the Speaker of the House,     Aminu Tambuwal,   would be held to draw up modalities for the running of the assembly.

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