Ebonyi State Commissioner for Health and another Commissioner for Housing have been reportedly suspended by Governor Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru.

A reliable source that spoke with our correspondent said the Commissioners were suspended during Executive Council meeting.

Though, reasons for their sack were not made known, Newsmax Nigeria could recall that Governor Nwifuru on Saturday ordered for the arrest of six civil servants that were caught selling Hospital materials meant to be distributed for free.

The arrest was revealed in a statement in Abakaliki, on Sunday, by Governor Francis Nwifuru’s Chief Press Secretary, Monday Uzor.

The statement read, “The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief Francis Ogbonna Nwifuru, has ordered the arrest and prosecution of one Mr Ndukwe Ayansi and five others for allegedly diverting materials meant for the state’s Ministry of Health.

“The governor, on his way to a project inspection, sighted a Toyota Dyana truck loading registers, books and other materials from the warehouse in the Ministry of Health.

“The governor drove in and made inquiries but not satisfied with the answers given, probed further and discovered that patients’ data registers, cards and a host of other documents were moved into the vehicle.

“It was also discovered that all the documents had been sold without government approval.”