Lawmakers of the Abia State House of Assembly have debunked rumours making the rounds that they were making plans to impeach the state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu.
The lawmakers who addressed journalists after rising from a meeting with the governor at the Government House Lodge in Aba, the commercial nerve of the state on Saturday evening said that the rumour was a figment of the imagination of the purveyors of the fake news.
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The lawmakers numbering about 10 led by some of the principal officers and ranking members of the House (Deputy Speaker and chairman House Committee on Media; Rt.Hon. Ifeanyi Uchendu, House Leader, Solomon Akpulonu, Hon. Chijioke Chukwu, Minority Leader, Thomas Nkoro and among others) said that they were strongly behind Dr. Ikpeazu whom they said would finish his eight year tenure strongly.