Speaker of the Imo State House of Assembly, Mr Chiji Collins, has been removed.
Collins was removed from office by the lawmakers on Friday.
A motion was tabled to that effect during a plenary at the legislative chamber of the Assembly complex in Owerri.
19 out of 27 members of the State Legislature supported the motion for the speaker’s removal.
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Allegations of financial impropriety, high handedness, and gross misconduct, among others, underpinned his removal.
Mr Paul Emeziem from Onuimo Local Government Area was immediately elected to replace him as the new Speaker of the House.
