Gov ortom reacts to impeachment notice

Governor Ortom who spoke through his Chief

Press Secretary, Terver Akase, said the

lawmakers are not up to the required quorum

that can effect such decision. He also said that

the necessary process towards impeaching a

Governor were not even followed by the

lawmakers.

Eight lawmakers under the All Progressives

Congress had sat and served impeachment

notice on the Governor.

The lawmakers were Adanyi Benjamin,

Terhemba Chabo, Benjamin Nungwa, Bem

Mngutyo, Adams Okloho, James Okefe and Nick

Eworo.

However, a statement by his Chief Press

Secretary, Terver Akase, said “Ortom is still

the Chief Executive of the State. You can’t just

impeach a Governor in a flash. You have to go

through all the legal and constitutional

processes.

“They have not been able to form a quorum, so

it is not possible. Only eight people served the

governor the notice, even at that, 2 other

members who were part of the cangaroo sitting

were on the side of the governor, so how can

anybody call that an impeachment notice. It’s

laughable and must be ignored completely.

“And for the record, there is a court injunction

restricting the impeached Speaker from

parading himself as the Speaker of the House

and that court injunction has not been vacated.

“He has been suspended for 6 months, he

doesn’t have any constitutional right to go

back to that Assembly.

“He has done nothing to vacate that injunction

so whatever he did stands null and void.”