Ebonyi State Governor David Umahi has continued his sacking spree since he changed parties as he sacked two local government development centre coordinators.
Okorie Daniel of Ivo Development Centre and Fabian Ivoke of Echiele Development Centre got the boot after refusing to endorse the communique they considered defamatory of a former Senate President, Pius Anyim.
Anyim was an ally of Umahi until the governor moved to the All Progressive Congress (APC) from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on November 20.
Leaders of Ivo council had gathered on Wednesday in Abakaliki to endorse the defection of the governor.
The meeting was attended by present and former members of the National Assembly, State House of Assembly and the State Executive Council, members of federal and state boards and commissions and council chairpersons from the council.
Also at the meeting were vice chairpersons, leaders of Ivo Legislative Council, coordinators of development centres, chieftains of the APC, traditional rulers and town union presidents.
In the communique read by the Commissioner for Information, Uchenna Orji, the leaders expressed their total support for Umahi and dissociated themselves from the activities of Anyim, who is from Ivo LGA.
Following the incident, the two coordinators were relieved of their duties as heads of the two development centres.
Umahi has been sacking his officials since last week in the wake of his defection on November 20.
Last week, he sacked all LGA development centre coordinators, executive assistants, senior technical assistants, technical assistants, liaison officers and management committee members of development centres from Oriaku LGA.
The governor also sacked four of his technical assistants on Saturday for dereliction of duty.They include Cletus Ogbonna, John Osi, Tochukwu Ali and Olachi Arua.
On Tuesday he dissolved the governing boards of the Ebonyi State University and Ebonyi State College of Education, Ikwo.
The two boards are headed by Franklin Ogbuewu and a former Minister of State for Health, Fidelis Nwankwo, respectively.
The governor also sacked 16 technical assistants for “dereliction of duty.”