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The Ohanaeze Ndigbo, on Wednesday, asked the Nigeria Senate to sanction Kogi West Senator, Smart Adeyemi over his outburst against Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu.
DAILY POST reports that Adeyemi had during plenary on Tuesday described Ikpeazu as a drunkard, a statement that has continued to attract condemnation.
Reacting, the Ohanaeze Secretary-General, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement issued by his media adviser, Kalu Mkpa Uduma, called on the Senate to impose sanctions on the Kogi Senator.
The apex Igbo socio-cultural organization cautioned politicians to be mindful of their utterances.
He said in the statement that “it’s disheartening and disgusting for Senator Smart Adeyemi to attack an Igbo Sitting Governor, which could spark ethnic conflicts and clashes between Igbos and various ethnic nationalities in Kogi State, but we are expecting the Senate leadership to sanction Senator Smart Adeyemi over his ‘hate speech’ against Igbos to serve as a deterrent
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The Member representing Umuahia North constituency in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon Kelechi Onuzuruike has lamented the erosion menace ravaging part of Ohuhu Umuahia axis of the state.
Onuzuruike called for urgent government action on the gully erosion menace, warning that it is capable of causing havoc if not controlled.
He said the current gully erosion was about to submerge the major road leading to his constituency.
Onuzuruike raised his concerns in a motion raised as a matter of urgent public importance during plenary at the Abia State House of Assembly, Tuesday.
He stressed the importance of the road to his constituents, as their major access point to the Umuahia metropolis, expressing deep concern over the grave danger posed by the erosion to lives and properties of his constituents and other road users.