The authorities of the Imo State House
of Assembly have appointed a six-man committee to probe allegations of
corruption against the Speaker of the assembly, Chief Benjamin
Uwajumogu. His former Senior Special Assistant (SSA), Media and later,
Special Duties, Ikenna Samuelson Iwuoha, had allegedly accused the
Speaker and his Chief of Staff, Chikodi Ananekwe of amassing massive
wealth, urging the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and
other anti-graft agencies in the country, to probe the Speaker.
However, the panel is being looked at with suspicion especially because it was the accused himself who set it up.
According to The Guardian:
On resumption of plenary on Thursday in
Owerri, Uwajumogu appointed Ikenna Emeh (Isu), as the chairman of the
panel. Others are Celestine Ngobiwu (Obowo), Stan Dara (Orsu), Obioma
Ekennia (Ezinihitte), Chief Acho Ihim (Okigwe) and Mike Ndubuaku (Orlu).
The committee was given 30 days to submit their report. Uwajumogu
described the allegation as baseless. Emeh had raised the motion on the
floor, stating that the publication in a newspaper (not The Guardian), alleged that the Speaker acquired lands in Abuja and Lagos, among others.
He argued that the allegation was an affront against the house also.
But Iwuoha described the panel constituted as “medicine after death and April fool to deceive Imo people.”
Meanwhile, the governor of the state,
Chief Rochas Okorocha, has ordered the arrest of the Chief of Staff to
the Speaker, Chikodi Anamekwe, and five other contractors in the state
for allegedly collecting huge sums of money from the state government
and abandoning the work.
Anamekwe, the owner of the company, the
governor alleged, collected the sum of N18 million without executing the
job. Okorocha made the orders in a Town Hall meeting in two Local
Councils in the state.
Below are photos of some of the hotels,
houses and even roads awarded by and constructed by the speaker, which
has formed the basis for his current predicament as several Imo citizens
are calling for a serious investigation and prosecution against him.
There are also two photos of hotels allegedly being built by an
associate of the speaker, Hon Ikechukwu Amuka, Member representing
Ideato South Constituency and House member of State And Rural Roads
Monitoring Committee.
Other members who reportedly have their
own mansions and hotels include Hon. Stan Dara, Hon. Ugonna Ozurigbo and
chief of staff to the speaker.
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| EASTERN EMIRATE HOTELS LOCATED AT NEW OWERRI OWNED BY HON. IKECHUKWU AMUKA |
See more pics after the cut
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| ANOTHER HOTEL UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALONG YARDUA DRIVE NEW OWERRI AND OWNED BY HON. IKECHUKWU AMUKA |
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| MANSION UNDER CONSTRUCTION ALONG IHITTE UBOMA UMUAHIA ROAD BEING BUILT BY IMO SPEAKER |
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| JASMINE HOTELS LOCATED BEHIND IMO CONCORDE HOTEL AND BUILT BY IMO SPEAKER |
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IMO SPEAKER FATHER’S MANSION RENOVATED AND FURNISHED BY SPEAKER |
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| MANSION 2 LOCATED ALONG CHIEF BEN UWAJUMOGU STREET FHE UMUGUMA AND BUILT BY IMO SPEAKER |
Uwajimogu over to you
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