EKEREMOR LG CHAIR DESCRIBES PURPORTED IMPEACHMENT NOTICE BY COUNCILLORS AS ABUSE OF DEMOCRACY

***Wants Them To Come Open on Allegations

TRACKING___The Chairman of Ekeremor Local Government, Chief Bertola Perekeme, PhD has described a purported impeachment notice allegedly written by members of the Ekeremor Legislative Council which is trading on social media as unfortunate and an abuse of democracy.

In a statement by his Media Aide, Mr. Tonye Yemoleigha, the chairman said he is yet to be served any impeachment notice and wonder why the Council Lawmakers would go to the media with such weighty issue without serving him if they were true to their conscience.

The statement reads in part, “The chairman has bee neck bent and commited to meeting statutory obligations of the local government despite the very difficult circumstances and will not be distracted by a few who don’t mean well for the generality of the Ekeremor people.”

“When he came on board in August last year, the Council was running a deficit account which they (Councilors) are all aware of and since then, the chairman has courageously made tremendious afforts aimed at stabilizing the system are going on.”

Recall that on the fourth of December last year, some Councilors had forcefully and criminally locked up the Ekeremor Executive Chairman in the Local Government Liaison office to coerce him into sourcing for loan and signing monies to the tune of N94million in order to meet some frivolous demands.

The chairman’s Media Aide challenged members of the Legislative Council to come open on the said loans Dr. Perekeme has “continued to take without council’s approval” if there is any as they allege.

“The Councilors should exercise the power given them by their wards to better the area by joining hands with him rather than orchestrate a ‘fight’ for pecuniary ends that will only sink the local government into deep indebtedness. This is not what the people want”, says the Media Aide.