The ongoing political drama and power tussle at the Imo state House of Assembly today took a new twist, as the deputy speaker, Ugonna Ozurigbo tendered his resignation letter.

The deputy speaker’s resignation came less than twenty-four hours after twenty-one out of the twenty-seven state lawmakers served impeachment notices on the speaker, Acho Ihim and the majority leader, Lugard Osuji, after suspending them.

The lawmakers who elected Chinedu Offor the acting speaker and Lloyd Chukwuemeka the new majority leader, said that the suspended two principal officers had engaged in unparliamentarily conduct by escaping with the mace during the Wednesday’s plenary.

Mr. Ozurigbo in the eight paragraph letter of resignation stated that he was resigning to enable him to function well as a member-elect of the House of representatives.

He was in March declared the member-elect for Nwangele, Nkwerre, Isu, Njaba federal constituency of the state by the Independent National Electoral Commission.