Nigeria, March 19 -- Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra State has dissolved the Anambra State State Executive Council about 24 hours after he was sworn-in as governor for his second term in office.

Nwabufo Nwankwo, the permanent secretary in the Office of the Secretary to the Anambra State Government, announced this in a memo issued on Wednesday.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Soludo was sworn in for his second term as governor on Tuesday at the Alex Ekwueme Square in Awka.

Onyekachukwu Ibezim was also sworn in as the deputy governor of the South-eastern state.

The oaths of office and allegiance were administered to the governor and the deputy governor by the Chief Judge of Anambra State, Onochie Anyachebelu.

Mr Soludo won th...