An Owerri High Court has nullified the impeachment of Jude Agbaso as Deputy Governor of Imo State, eight after he was impeached by the state House of Assembly.
The state House of Assembly had on March 28, 2013, impeached Agbaso as the deputy governor of the state on the allegations that he collected N458m and red label drink as bribes from a construction firm, J- pros.
Agbaso, who was as of the time the deputy to a former governor of the State, Rochas Okorocha, had contested his impeachment in courts.
Justice I. S Opara, said in his judgment on Monday that he was giving the consent judgment since the parties had opted to settle out of court.
Counsel to Agbaso, Chijioke Emeka, had informed the court that his client and the defendants which included the state governor, the State House of Assembly and the Chief Judge of the State had February 1 drafted terms of settlements and filed the same in court on February 2.
Agbaso’s counsel said, while fielding questions from journalists, that the consent judgment had nullified the impeachment of his client on March 28, 2013, as the deputy governor of the state.