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October 31, 2006
Anambra lawmakers relocate family members
FOLLOWING alleged threat on their lives, some members of the Anambra State House of Assembly have relocated their families to neighbouring states.
ALPHONSUS AGBORH, Asaba - 31.10.2006
Nigerian Tribune gathered that some of the legislators are now taking refuge in Asaba, the Delta state capital.
The chairman, House committee on information, Honourable Echezona Okechi, however denied the allegation at the weekend when he addressed the press in Asaba.
But in a save-our-soul letter addressed to the police in Awka, copies of which were distributed in Asaba, 17 of the 30 lawmakers said Governor Obi had threatened them and alleged that they intended to perpetrate arson.
The legislators added that Governor Obi was inciting Anambra citizens to burn their properties.
They also alleged that the governor had been instigating traditional rulers to ostracise them.
Earlier, the lawmakers had denied that there was a parallel House of Assembly in the state.
Honourable Okechi told reporters that the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Sunday Ehindero, should arrest those who constituted themselves as principal officers of the House illegally.
Posted by Publisher at October 31, 2006 09:06 AM
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