Gov. Umahi sacks Ebonyi attorney general

Dave Umahi Ebonyi state Governor has sacked the state’s attorney general, Augustine Nwankwagu

Governor David Umahi of Ebonyi has dropped the Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr Augustine Nwankwagu, from the cabinet with immediate effect.

Chief Clement Nweke, Principal Secretary to the Governor, via a statement issued on Thursday in Abakaliki, said Nwankwagu was dropped for “acts inconsistent with his office.”

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According to Nweke, Nwankwagu, who was a former Speaker, Ebonyi House of Assembly, is to handover all government property in his possession to the permanent secretary in the ministry.

“This directive should be carried out before close of work on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017,” he said.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that Nwankwagu had previously been suspended indefinitely in early 2017 for negligence of duty.

Ebonyi is a state in south-east Nigeria. It is inhabited and populated primarily by the Igbo.

Its capital and largest city is Abakaliki.

Other major townships include Afikpo, Onueke, Edda, Onicha etc.

It was one of the six states created in 1996 by the then federal military government.

The State of Ebonyi was created from parts of both Enugu State and Abia State