The Leader of Udenu Legislative Council and Chairman of South-East Councillors Forum of Nigeria, Mr Nnamdi Odo, says he will challenge his impeachment in court.
Odo made this known on Thursday at a news conference, where he noted that he still the Leader of the legislative council.
He said his impeachment did not follow due process, and no reason was given for it.
Odo said that the impeachment was aimed at preventing him from performing legislative oversight function.
“Ordinarily, I would have ignored this, but for the several calls and the tension that it has generated beyond Obollo-Afor Ward IV in Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State,” he said.
Odo said that he was impeached for encouraging councillors to carry out oversight functions.
He accused the council Chairman, Mr Aka Eze Aka, of masterminding and sponsoring the impeachment.
He said that the plan to impeach him and suspend the Chairman of the legislative council’s Committee on Works, Mr Daniel Aroh, started on the Feb. 20 following a request by the committee for all necessary documents of projects embarked on by the council.
He listed the documents to include contract papers showing specifications of the projects, their locations and the financial implications.
“Tension between the chairman and councillors started as the chairman directed the head of department of works not to honour the invitation of the councillors.
“I appeal to the chairman to retrace his steps.
“Using his office to intimidate me is not the way forward.
“I wish to use this medium to appeal to the state governor to call the chairman to order,” he added.
When contacted, the Chairman of Udenu Local Government, Aka, denied sponsoring the impeachment or witch hunting Odo.
Aka said that the impeachment was carried out by the members of the legislative council in spite of his intervention to stop the process.