… As Enugu PDP caucus advises dep gov to resign

A caucus of Peo­ples Democratic Party (PDP) in Enugu State has advised the state's Dep­uty Governor, Mr. Sun­day Onyebuchi, to resign or risk impeachment by the state's House of the Assembly.

The House had penulti­mate week, moved a mo­tion for the deputy gover­nor to be served with an impeachment notice, ac­cusing him of gross mis­conduct.

The members of the PDP caucus that met on Saturday night in the Governor's Lodge in Enugu, were bitter that Onyebuchi allowed his relationship with the gov­ernor to degenerate to the level that the House had to intervene.

A reliable source at the meeting told Daily Sun that prominent members of the caucus including Senator Ken Nnamani, Amb. Fidel Ayogu and Dubem Onyia were not happy after governor Sul­livan Chime narrated his experience with his depu­ty in the last seven years.

The source said Sena­tor Nnamani had told the caucus members that the deputy governor had run to him in Abuja, where he told him to return home to resign or wait for the House to complete its in­vestigation.

Onyia and Ayogu were also said to have toed the line of Nnanami for the deputy governor to bow out since Chime told the caucus meeting that he was no longer prepared to work with Onyebuchi.

However, the source said Senator Gil Nnaji and Hon Peace Nnaji representing Nkanu East and West in the House of Representatives, pleaded with Chime to pardon his deputy.

The source said Senator Nnaji had praised Chime for the good work he was doing in the state, urging him to give his deputy a second chance.

But Chime was said to have told the senator that his plea was belated be­cause his deputy came to him in Abuja and he did not deem it fit to call him until he was invited to the caucus meeting.

The source said that the majority of the cau­cus members were of the opinion that it would be futile to try to save the deputy governor since his boss said he could no lon­ger work with him.

Besides, the source said, the caucus agreed that asking the House to jettison the impeachment process would amount to ridiculing democratic practice in the state.

Chime was also said to have insisted at the meeting that members of the National Assem­bly from the state, who had served for two or more terms, should re­turn home to serve in other capacities.

It was gathered that the majority of the cau­cus members, who are not in the National As­sembly, had asked the members of the Na­tional Assembly who were all at the meeting except the Deputy Sen­ate President, Chief Ike Ekweremadu, to speak their minds but none opposed the governor.

Consequently, the caucus advised the legislators to abide by the alleged gentleman agreement reached in 2011 and consider run­ning for other positions other than the ones they had occupied for more than two years. The Sun