BREAKING: Imo Deputy Governor, Madumere impeached hours after court intervened

Imo Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere, has been impeached.

He was impeached by 19 members out of the 27 members of the state House of assembly, few hours after the Imo State High Court stopped the impeachment process of the deputy governor.

The Speaker of the House, Acho Ihim, said the impeachment followed the report of a seven-man panel constituted by the state Chief Judge to investigate allegations of gross misconduct against Madumere.

Meanwhile, Justice Ben Iheka had stopped the panel set up by the Chief Judge of the state, Paschal Nnadi, the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Acho Ihim, and the State House of Assembly from taking any further action in the impeachment process until the hearing and determination of the suit.

The panel was set up by the chief judge to investigate the allegations of gross misconduct leveled against the deputy governor by the state House of Assembly.

Justice Iheka also directed the three members of the impeachment panel that were yet to be served the motion for interlocutory injunction to respect the suit, which is before the court.

The court, however, adjourned hearing of the case till August 13.