A Nigerian state governor who was charged with money laundering in the UK has been impeached in his oil-rich home state of Bayelsa.
Diepreye Alamieyeseigha has lost his immunity from prosecution and has been arrested by police.

He has always said he is innocent of charges that he laundered £1.8m ($3.2m) found in cash and bank accounts.

The BBC's Abdullahi Kaura Abubakar in Yenagoa says there is a heavy security presence on the streets of the city.

The governor is being held at the police headquarters, he says.

Seventeen out of the state assembly's 24 members voted in favour of impeachment.

Mr Alamieyeseigha is facing allegations of fraud by a special anti-corruption court sitting in the northern city of Kaduna.

He is also on the run from the British authorities after he jumped bail last month in London, where he's been charged with money laundering.

Last week, he was suspended from the ruling party

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