By PETER OKUTU

ABAKALIKI — Ebonyi State House of Assembly has suspended its deputy speaker, Chief Blaise Orji, the member representing Afikpo South West constituency, Mr. Eni Uduma Chima and his Ohaukwu North counterpart, Mr. Frank Onwe, for alleged acts capable of causing disaffection in the running of affairs of the state.

Moving the motion for their suspension under matter of urgent public importance, the Deputy Chief Whip and member representing Izzi East constituency, Mr. Francis Nwifuru said the deputy speaker, Onwe and Chima should be suspended for acts he described as detrimental to the developmental drive of the present administration.

Seconding the motion, the member representing Ikwo South constituency, Mr. Chike Ogiji, condemned the actions of the three members, adding that anybody found trying to cause disaffection between the state executive and other organs of government would be shown the way out.

He maintained that the wheel of progress and development in the state should not be disrupted because of personal interest.

The speaker, Chukwuma Nwazunku, put the motion to vote and it was unanimously adopted.

Reacting, the trio stated that their suspension was the outcome of a resolvable misunderstanding.

“The speaker is a very good man; there are no hard feelings. It is a misunderstanding which will be resolved in due course,” they said.