Enugu State Deputy Governor, Mr. Sunday Onyebuchi, dared members of the Enugu State House of Assembly to impeach him saying he has not committed any offence that warrants impeachment. One of allegation against the deputy governor was that he had poultry in government house that was unhygienic.

The Medical Director of the Government House Medical Centre, Dr. Anthony Ogbonna, who testified before the panel as a witness of the house of assembly, also said the poultry posed deadly health risks to residents, workers and visitors in the government house.

Enugu State Deputy Governor dismissed the all the allegation levelled against him as untrue, he faulted the testimonies of the medical director and other witnesses called against him, accusing them of “embellishment” and “falsehood.” He said “ i am suppose to be the person complaining but the person who took my birds is the one complaining. 

“I believe I have not committed any crime – my integrity is more important to me than the Office of the Deputy Governor. 

“I don’t mind been removed but I want people to know that I did not commit any offence that warrants being removed. 

“There is a court of man and there is a court of God.”

Earlier, in his testimony, the medical director, Ogbonna, who is also the physician to the governor, had given an insight into the nature of the controversial poultry, which is located near the gate of the government house. 

He told the panel, “In December 2013, some security personel at the gate of the government house came over to the clinic repeatedly requesting for face masks. 

“When I asked why they were asking for such they reported that some offensive odour was emanating from the deputy governor’s quarters which was adjacent the gate of the government house. 

“They said they were finding it difficult to stand at their duty posts. 

“I issued them with the face masks and went down to the poultry to verify the authenticity of their complaint. 

“When I got there, there was a very strong odour of poultry droppings that had stagnated over time i spoke to the deputy governor wife and she complained that it was the poultry worker that did not do their job and later the odour subsided only to resurface again stronger than what you to be. We had no choice than to tell the deputy governor to relocate the poultry from government house which he refused.