By Peter Okutu

ABAKALIKI— There appears to be no hope of resolution of the crisis in Ebonyi State House of Assembly as it is now factionalised with the emergence of two speakers.

Last Monday’s impeachment of the Speaker, Chukwuma Nwazunku, gave rise to emergence of a new Speaker in the person of Helen Nwaobasi. But the impeached Speaker still sees himself as the substantive Speaker, especially as some members who participated in his impeachment have withdrawn their support from Nwaobasi and pledged their allegiance to Nwazunku.

Feelers from some quarters believe that what instigated the crisis was not only the purported N120 million alleged to have been released by Governor Martin Elechi to the lawmakers for their monetised vehicles, but also the pronouncement by Governor Elechi that power would rotate to the South senatorial district.

Vanguard gathered that power brokers from the South and North senatorial districts of the state are the invincible hands behind the crisis in the state Assembly.