An atmosphere of confusion engulfed the Imo State House of Assembly complex in Owerri, the state capital on Thursday as lawmakers refused to come for a plenary scheduled to hold for the day.
This came after 18 out of the 27 lawmakers had on Tuesday removed the deputy speaker, Amara Iwuanyanwu.
The resolution for Iwuanyanwu’s removal was presented to the Speaker, Paul Emeziem, who presided over the session, by Ekene Nnodimele who represents Orsu state constituency.
Iwuanyanwu, who was at the plenary, had sought to find out the content of the letter Nnodimele gave to the Speaker, but Emeziem immediately ordered Iwuanyanwu to go back to his position.
The Speaker thereafter hit the gavel okaying Iwuanyanwu’s removal after reading the resolution.
Iwuanyanwu immediately stormed out of the plenary and zoomed off in his convoy.
The Speaker afterwards adjourned the plenary till Thursday. Surprisingly, no lawmaker was sighted at the House of Assembly complex on Thursday. Speculation had been rift that the Majority Leader, Anayo Onyemaechi, and the Cerk of the House, Chinelo Emeghara, who were said to be the allies of the removed deputy speaker, would be removed on Thursday during plenary.