Meanwhile, a former Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr Emeka Ihedioha, yesterday urged Imolites to rise and defend democracy in the state.

Ihedioha was reacting through a release to newsmen in Owerri by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Chibuike Onyekwu, on the impeachment process against the Imo State Deputy Governor, Eze Madumere by the state House of Assembly.

He said: “The deputy governor’s obvious offence is his legitimate aspiration to run for the highest political office in the state, contrary to Governor Rochas Okorocha’s preference of his in-law, Mr. Uche Nwosu.

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“This unfortunate development is particularly alarming and indeed worrisome to all advocates and defenders of democracy and rule of law in Imo and the nation at large.”