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Amidst the agitation for transparency, accountability and good governance by indigenes of Oyigbo Local Government Area of Rivers State, a group under the aegis of National Union of OYILGA students (NUOS) has called for the removal of the council chairman, Deacon Sunday Kanu.
In an interview with newsmen at the council secretariat, the union president, Comrade Chikwem Theophilus noted with dismay the infectiveness of the council chairman to the plight of the people since inception into office.
According to him, Hon. Kanu has not been able to embark on meaningful projects in the area, in spite of huge allocations accruing to the council since his inception, accusing him of administering the council like his personal estate.
The group which embarked on a peaceful demonstration to press home their demand for payment of their bursary, further appealed to Governor Peter Odili, state and local government legislatures, the chairman, Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to remove Hon. Kanu immediately to avert serious trouble in the Local Government Area.
Our man who was at the scene of the protest reports that the protest witnessed over 1000 students of the area who also used the medium to debunk the allegation that the executives of the students union have received N1 million from the council's chairman. "It is false and malicious that we collected money from the chairman. We stand to be contradicted" the president stated.
It would be recalled that nine out of the ten members of the Council Legislative House served a notice of gross misconduct and motion of impeachment against the leader of the House, and they listed several impeachment offences against the council chairman.
The offences according to their statement included misappropriation of funds, embezzlement, loans and overdraft, diversion of funds amongst others.