Lawmaker Suspended For Taking Too Many Pictures

Ebonyi state House of Assembly on Tuesday suspended the member
representing Afikpo North East constituency in the Assembly, Mrs Maria Ude
Nwachi aka Afikpo Chic, for alleged gross misconduct.
Mrs. Nwachi was accused of allegedly posing as public photographer. The
motion for he suspension was moved by the Leader of the House, Hon. Joseph
Nwobasi.

The House said Nwachi have refused to heed earlier warnings by the
Assembly to desist from being a photographer in the state.
Nwachi, a former Minority Leader, according to the house by her actions has
brought disrespect and dishonesty to herself and the Assembly by by posing
as public photographer.
She was therefore suspended for 14 days pending the outcome of
investigations on the allegations leveled against her by a special committee
constituted by the House to investigate the allegations.
This will be the second time she will be suspended by the House. In 2016 she
was suspended for sponsoring a protest by Afikpo youths against the Enugu
Electricity Distribution Company, EEDC, for epileptic a services to the town.
The peaceful protest later turned violent as some of the youths set ablaze
some vehicles of the Disco and this prompted the house to suspended her for
over two months.
During the ugly episode, some vehicles belonging to Enugu Electricity
distribution company, EEDC and its offices were vandalized by irate youths.
The suspension was lifted on September 29th 2015. Recall that the
suspension followed an alleged involvement of the minority leader in the
violence protest and breach of peace that took in her constituency.
During the ugly episode, some vehicles belonging to Enugu Electricity
distribution company, EEDC and its offices were vandalized by irate youths.
Hon. Chukwu noted that the suspended minority leader, Ude Nwachi had
shown enough remorse and that she had as well served the duration of her
suspension.
The Speaker, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru put the motion to vote and it was
unanimously adopted. However, the House also passed into law the committee
report on a bill for a law to amend Joint State and Local government projects
and related matters, law of 2015.