Obaseki suspends another council boss

Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has suspended the Chairman of Etsako East Local Government, Alhaji Aremiyau Momoh, for a period of two months over allegations of misappropriation of funds and low revenue profile.

Last month, the Chairman of Etsako West Local Government, Mr. Yakson Musa, was suspended over alleged fraud in salary payment to ghost workers.

The suspension of Momoh followed a petition signed by 10 councilors in which several fraudulent allegations were made against him.

Among the allegations were that the suspended council boss claimed to spend N7m on Sallah gift whereas only N2m was spent and failure to remit N67m collected from trucks taking cement from BUA Cement.

In a related development, Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu, has directed the immediate sack of the General Manager of Abia State Environmental Sanitation Agency (ASEPA), Mr Okechukwu Apugo.

A release by the Commissioner of Information, Chief John Okiyi, said Apugo was sacked over poor sanitation situation in Umuahia, the state capital.

According to Okiyi, the governor gave the directive while on project tour in the state after passing through Ochendo bypass road and saw heaps of refuse littered along the road.

Ikpeazu also said he would, in the next four weeks, personally coordinate and supervise evacuation and disposal of refuse within the Aba metropolis.