Cross River students sack leaders for alleged misconduct

Members of the legislative arm of the National Association of Cross River State students (NACRISS) have held a session to discuss issues affecting the association.
By the time they rose from the sitting, which was held at the University of Calabar (UNICAL) Old Senate Chambers, member removed the parliament’s leaders for misconduct.
They scrutinised finances of the association by setting up as committeee led by Bassey Abba. Members unanimously passed a resolution to impeach  the Senate President, Francis Obono, who had been initially suspended for alleged financial misconduct.
The motion for the impeachment was moved by Emmanuel Omang and seconded by Dominic Effiong. The students also claimed that the Senate President violated Section 32 of the association’s constitution. A new leader was chosen. He is Okanga Ogbu.
Reacting to his removal, Francis said: “I don’t know the reason you are asking this question. When you have something better, you can find out time to talk to me. For now, I’m still the Senate President. If any person has been impeached, I am not the one. Whatever you heard is mere rumours.”
Members also impeach the Vice President, Juliet Manyo, for allegedly participating in an illegal demonstration calling for the removal of the Personal Adviser on Students’ Affairs to the Governor Liyel Imoke, Mr Hilary Bisong, and usurping the powers of the president.
The impeachment letter made available to our correspondent reads: “Without prejudice to the constitution; following the discrepancy, gross misconduct as reported by the house committee on fact-finding on the Vice President for violating section 53(2), Article A, B, C, D, E, F and H, that the irrelevant demonstration was not approved by the association’s president and Legal Adviser, such groups shall be suspended indefinitely…”

The General Secretary, Sunday Obi, was also indicted for breaching the constitution and got suspended indefinitely for taking part in the protest.
Reacting, Juliet said: “Those senators are impersonating the recognised principal officers of the senate. Whatever they are doing is simply not right. They don’t have the rightto impeach me. I am not even bothered about that. They are just a faction of the senate. Those  who claimed to impeach me are those that are given stipends by Philomena Agweye, the suspended president. Even as I speak, I have not received any notification of the so-called impeachment.”
All efforts to reach the suspended General Secretary were futile.
A former member, who pleaded for anonymity, frowned at the crisis rocking the association and called for dialogue among warring factions.
“Must we fight over everything? What kind of politics is this? When we were in the union, we did not misbehave as these crops of students are doing. I will advise all of them to return to a round table discussion to settle all their grievances and stop washing their dirty linen in the public, ” he said.
source: http://thenationonlineng.net/new/cross-river-students-sack-leaders-for-alleged-misconduct/

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