The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere, has released a Press Statement to counter the allegations leveled against him by the Imo State House of Assembly.

The state House of Assembly, which commenced impeachment against him on Tuesday during plenary, had accused him of being an ex-convict, among other allegations.

Read the Statement Below:

OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF IMO STATE

PRESS RELEASE

SUBJECT: RE: NOTICE OF GROSS MISCONDUCT

DATE: July 10, 2018

The office of the Deputy Governor of Imo State has received the notice of gross misconduct being circulating round the State and on various platforms on social media platforms signed by 13 members of Imo State House of Assembly that bothers on the following:

1. Absence without official reason or permission duly obtained from office for a period of three (3) months.

2. Failure to perform any of the constitutional function of Office of Deputy Governor of Imo State including but not limited to:

a. Failure/refusal to attend constitutionally mandated proceedings of the State Executive Council;

b. Failure/refusal to attend constitutional mandated proceedings of the State Security Council.

3. Refusal to attend, and to hold meetings with the Governor and Commissioners of the Government of Imo State for the governance of Imo State made compulsory by and under S.193 (2) of the 1999 Constitution

4. Concealment of felonious conduct affecting the presentation of self as eligible candidate of Office of Deputy Governor, Imo State, having been convicted and imprisoned for theft in the United States of America.

We hereby respond as follows:

1. The first claim of absence is rather an old ploy of calling a dog a bad name to hang it. Fortunately, the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere is an administrator per excellence who does joke with his duties especially his constitutional responsibilities. As such he has never absconded from office the period so claimed. He is constitutionally saddled with the responsibilities of superintending Boundary commission. By our records, the Deputy Governor of Imo State has never abdicated from such responsibility or any other . People of Umuoma of Ihitte-Uboma local government, Ihube of Okigwe local government among others can testify of the Deputy Governor’s sagacity in crises resolution with particular reference to April 11, April 16 2018.

His Excellency also participated in one day retreat for Stakeholders in the management of Nigeria boundaries, which held at the Airforce Conference Center, Abuja in the company of the Surveyor General of the State and the Principal Secretary to the Deputy Governor on May 7, 2018.

2. A. Refusal to attend Constitutional mandated proceedings of the State Executive Council is also one of the allegations that cannot stand any administrative procedure. There are laid down procedures through a Deputy Governor or any member of the executive Council can be invited for Executive council meeting. We hereby state that the Deputy Governor has never been invited for such meetings through either a memo or any official notices and thereby cannot stand against the deputy governor.

B. As stated above, the Deputy Governor can only attend a meeting he is officially invited to and he is no spirit to know when meetings are slated except he is duly informed.

3. Refusal to attend, and to hold meetings with the Governor is to say the least another exercise in triviality as the Deputy Governor cannot force himself on the Governor especially when he has been tagged a pariah in the Government circle. We state here that Governor Okorocha has never created such opportunity to meet with the Deputy Governor to discuss the programmes and activities of the Government other than the once we embarrassingly hear by the road side and other sources. To this extent, where the Deputy Governor’s inputs are needed, there are right procedures through which he could be reached either through his Principle secretary and other principal officers or directly to the Deputy Governor.

4. The most embarrassing among the spurious allegations is the annoying allegation of concealment of felonious conduct affecting the presentation of self as eligible candidate of office of Deputy Governor of Imo State. This is not only astonishing but an extreme show of lack of due diligence. The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere has never been convicted of any civil matter let alone a criminal matter.

We are pained to state that two times the Deputy Governor had to go through the pains of losing his freedom in detention were all in the course of saving Owelle Rochas Okorocha from public disgrace. He rather had to carry Okorocha’s cross and bore his shame. It will be recalled that Prince Madumere shortly after Achike Udenwa’s victory at the polls in 1999 where he had to face contempt of Court for failure to make it to the court. He was in detention in the United States for about one month all because he was delayed by Governor Okorocha. To the glory of God, Prince Madumere was acquitted of all charges. We also challenge the members of the House of Assembly to produce the verdicts of the court that convicted Prince Madumere.

The second time he had to stoop that Governor Okorocha may be spared of the humiliation of getting incarcerated, Prince Madumere again yielded and was detained for almost two months on phony charges, which he also been absolved of all charges.

Uche Onwuchekwa

Special Assistant to the Deputy Governor of Imo State

https://lailasnews.com/deputy-governor-of-imo-state-eze-releases-statement-amidst-impeachment-plot/

Matters arising......
Dirty politics EVERYWHERE.
Naija politiics: Get ready to dine with the devil with a long spoon.

A gonna

Your excellency, dump the evil party and team up with pdp to send the puppet and his master back to daura, simple.

Huh

Never outshine the master.... Laws of Power.






https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwNQKrWkuwg

hmm

Okoroawusa is a criminal

Bhet why is dis apc government synonymous with corruption dese days na??.....abii breeze don blow na im make fowl yansh dey open anyhow and everywhere like so??

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Okorocha is a drowning man ...politically he is finished

The only constitutionally mandatory duty of a deputy Governor is to be Governor in the absence of the substantive Governor!


Okorocha and co will need to produce evidence of conviction for theft. Okorocha will also have to explain to Imo State people his own judgement in selecting an exconvict as deputy Governor if this is true. when did the Governor learn of this?

Also the examination of a candidate standing for election is with the electorate. Does a candidate for Governor or deputy Governor have to submit any character reference to DSS? if the answer is NO then Madumere has technically not committed any offence! The vetting process sits with the electorate and the man who appointed him as Chief of staff and went ahead to select him as deputy Governor. Also the media should have done a better job vetting him. However I dont think there is enough grounds to impeach Prince Eze Madumere at this time!


Those who want to purnish the deputy Governor may have to wait till the next election

Lols... When the table tennis ball is no longer moving to and fro....the game has changed b that.... Ex convit...

.but if the deputy is Ex convit..the Governor will surely be something higher.....

K

APC! A party in disarray.

The gods have heard the cries of the masses and is tormenting APC.

Chaos everywhere

Brother Joshua Iginla prophesized it o

Okorocha and Madumere, na wash.

bedspread:
Hahahaha..... WETIN we no go Hear!!

Una Just de Know say im be Ex-Convict....!!


Our Politicians and Our Politics are a HUGE Joke...

A prison warder just informed them not long ago. .. haha

Nonsense. He is going through what the former deputy governor went through under this same Rochas.

Oga carry your firewood on your own and stop crying. Rochas is a disgrace but you decided to work with him when he pushed out the other deputy governor. you felt he will treat you as an angel. Sorry late.

Rocha's the only Gov in Nigeria to have impeached two deputy gov,to show the kind of politician he is

[quote author=damiloladuke post=69255909]The Deputy Governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere, has released a Press Statement to counter the allegations leveled against him by the Imo State House of Assembly.

The state House of Assembly, which commenced impeachment against him on Tuesday during plenary, had accused him of being an ex-convict, among other allegation

And I'm like is he afraid to go home? Did the house Assembly not made their thorough inquiries before now?/Anyways, that's their family problem.. Oh yak aba.AMEM?

He should better be very much prepared because okorocha would stop at nothing to make him politically incarcerated, more so since his(okorocha) ally is the current chairman of the party. Goodluck to them anyway.but seriously can't wait till 2019 come, waiting to hear further political permutations and coalitions at the top especially to oust Buhari. But wait o,hmm tinubu is one brilliant cerebral politician.kai the man get brain.....

So it's now that the Rochas government knowing that his deputy is an ex-convict? If true then Okorocha & the state AG will have to explain how this constitutional breach happened.
APC only runs a vindictive government @ all stratas & often show their crass stupidity in the course of doing so.

So we are being ruled by convicts and exconvicts !
imagine tomorrow's newspaper headlines saying:
"You are an exconvict ! Says Okorocha to his deputy"
"I was jailed twice because of you!" Replies His Deputy Governor ?

I have said it before, if Okorocha's opponent have the powers they claim to have, let them defect to another party en masse
and defeat him together instead of fighting him in the party he created in his state. Okorocha will rather destroy Imo APC
than let his opponents take it over.

NgeneUkwenu:
How time flies...Just few weeks back, this man was boasting of retiring Rochas Okorocha just because the former APC Chairman had issues with Rochas...Now the table has turned, he is now crying like a baby

Politics is really not for the faint hearted..

Carry your cross, Mr. Deputy, we are only focused on Ekiti State now.

Leave my Deputy

In his response in paragraph 1 line 4, he affirmed that he does joke with his duties as the Deputy Governor. And I quote ipsissima verba, "Fortunately, the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Eze Madumere is an administrator per excellence who does joke with his duties especially his constitutional responsibilities"

Is that a mistake, oversight or typical nonchalant attitude of Nigerians to details in issues of high importance?

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Okoroawusa