Enugu SHA Assembly accuses State Police of interfering in Legislative Matters
The Speaker of the Enugu State House of Assembly, Eugene Odo, on Thursday accused the police in the state of planning to detain him over a purported forgery of N12 billion naira.
Odo while addressing newsmen in Enugu on Thursday accused the police of working with Governor Sullivan Chime and ignoring a Federal High Court order in the state which restrained the police from disturbing his liberty.
He revealed that he was questioned by the Commissioner of Police in the state on phone over a petition by the governor highlighting issues raised in the impeachment notice.
He said: “This is a legislative matter and not a police affair. I suspect a situation where we may be detained and poisoned. This is to bring the matter to the attention of the public and ask the IGP to intervene.
“This is the first time legislative duties are carried to the police. Matters of impeachment is to make responses and not for the police to take over.
“I hope that Enugu State people will not allow this. The police should obey court orders and not to restrain us to carry out our legislative functions. What we are suspecting is not favourable to my personal liberty and it goes to show the level of impunity going on in this state.”
