The Cross River State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, impeached its Speaker, Elvert Ayambem.
The Speaker was impeached by 17 members of the House over allegations of misappropriation of funds.
The impeachment motion was moved by Effiom Ekarika who represents Calabar South 1 Constituency and seconded by Omang Charles, who represents Bekwarra State Constituency.
Ayambem was elected Speaker of the 10th State House of Assembly in June 2023.
Ayambem represents Ikom 2 State Constituency in the Houses of Assembly.
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Cross River State is a state in the South-South geopolitical zone of Nigeria. Named for the Cross River, the state was formed from the eastern part of the Eastern Region on 27 May 1967.
Its capital is Calabar, it borders to the north through Benue state, to the west through Ebonyi state and Abia state, and to the southwest through Akwa Ibom state, while its eastern border forms part of the national border with Cameroon.
Originally known as the South-Eastern State before being renamed in 1976, The state formerly included the area that is now Akwa Ibom state, which became a distinct state in 1987.
Of the 36 states in Nigeria, Cross River state is the nineteenth largest in area and 27th most populous, with an estimated population of over 3.8 million as of 2016.
Geographically, the state is mainly divided between the Guinean forest–savanna mosaic in the far north and the Cross–Sanaga–Bioko coastal forests in the majority of the interior of the state.
The smaller ecoregions are the Central African mangroves in the coastal far south and a part of the montane Cameroonian Highlands forests in the extreme northeast.
The most major geographical feature is the state’s namesake
