The Speaker of Imo state House of Assembly, Paul Emeziem., has been impeached.
He was replaced with Kennedy Ibe.
The exercise was carried out on Monday morning amidst tight security with 19 of the 27 lawmakers said to have signed the impeachment papers.
Metronetworknews gathered that the purportedly impeached Deputy Speaker, Amara Iwuanyanwu, stormed the Chambers with six lawmakers and some security personnel to impeach the Speaker.