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CHAIRMAN OF AKOKO-EDO LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA OF EDO STATE, BLISS OSHIONOGUE, HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM OFFICE FOLLOWING AN IMPEACHMENT PROCESS INITIATED AND EXECUTED BY MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
THE IMPEACHMENT WHICH TOOK PLACE YESTERDAY AFTER A MAJORITY OF COUNCILLORS BACKED IT WAS SAID TO HAVE FOLLOWED A FAILED ATTEMPT BY THE EDO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY TO MEDIATE IN THE CRISIS THAT LED TO THE IMPEACHMENT.
WHILE THE SPECIFIC ALLEGATIONS LEADING TO THE IMPEACHMENT WERE NOT IMMEDIATELY MADE PUBLIC, INSIDERS SUGGEST THAT DISPUTE HAD BEEN BREWING FOR SOME TIME, WITH TENSIONS ESCALATING BETWEEN THE CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE ARM.
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