Barely hours after the High Court dismissed the suit by the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Mr. Jude Agbaso, asking it to stop his impeachment by the state Assembly, the embattled deputy governor has been removed from office.
Twenty-five out of the 26 members of the Imo State House of Assembly approved the impeachment.
His impeachment is coming after a prolonged battle over the allegation that he demanded the sum of N417 million from a contractor in the state.
Mr. Agbaso has consistently denied the allegation.
Mr. Agbaso had earlier approached the court praying it to restrain the state lawmakers from proceeding with the impeachment process which began three weeks ago.
He also prayed the court to restrain the Nigerian Police from harassing him or acting upon the recommendations of the House of Assembly against him.
We will bring you more details later…