November 14, (THEWILL) – The Chairman of the Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State, Hon Aniekpon Ekpo, was recently summoned before the Akwa Ibom State House of Assembly on allegations of mismanagement of funds, diversion of council grader and sound proof generating set, as well as for appropriating internally generated revenues of the LGA without routing the money through its bank accounts, among others.
In a petition to the state House of Assembly Committee on Local Government And Chieftaincy Affairs signed by 10 out of 15 councillors,  the councillors urged the Assembly to approve the impeachment of Ekpo as offences listed were contrary to the local government administration laws of the state.
The councillors claimed that the chairman had not accounted for more than N2m generated by the council every month and urged the House of Assembly to ratify the impeachment process after its findings.
THEWILL investigation showed that the embattled chairman complied with the Speaker’s directive to return all the items belonging to the LGA that allegedly had been taken away by him.
According to a source close to Government House, Governor Emmanuel persuaded the leadership of the House of Assembly to discontinue the trial of the council Chairman and proffered a political solution to the crisis.
