constituency<\/a>, had defected to the All Progressives Congress from Peoples Democratic Party shortly after Emeka Ihedioha was removed in January 2020 by the supreme Court as governor in order to emerge a principal officer of the house.<\/p>\nAt the Thursday\u2019s plenary which was held under tight security, Ogbuagu was removed by a majority vote.<\/p>\n
The speaker, Paul Emezim, who was presiding the plenary announced that the majority leader of the house had been impeached.<\/p>\n
It was gathered that the impeached majority leader had been having cold war with deputy speaker, Amarachi Iwuanyanwu.<\/p>\n
Details later\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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