Nigeria, Aug. 5 -- Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has lifted the suspension on 81 government officials in the South-eastern state.

Monday Uzor, the spokesperson to the governor, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday.

PREMIUM TIMES earlier reported that Mr Nwifuru suspended 87 government officials on 28 July 2028.

The suspension was to last for one month without salaries, according to Mr Nwifuru's spokesperson.

The governor had claimed the officials were suspended for not attending an 'important government function' last weekend.

This newspaper would later learn that the 'important government function' was actually a burial ceremony of the mother of one of the governor's kin and friends, Innocent Elechi Ojiugwo.

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