A contempt proceedings before a
Benue State High Court has been served on former Speaker of the State House of
Assembly, Terkimbi Ikyange, former Deputy Speaker, James Okefe and former
Majority Leader, Benjamin Adanyi.
The court had earlier restraining
the affected lawmakers from parading themselves in the capacities they
previously operated.
The trio are to appear in court
to explain why an order for their committal to prison should not be made
against them for disobeying the injunction earlier issued by the court presided
over by the state Chief Judge, Justice Adam Onum.
22 members of the Benue State
House of Assembly have initiated contempt proceedings against Terkimbi Ikyange,
James Okefe and Benjamin Adanyi.
Also joined in the suit are the
state Commissioner of Police, Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 4
Makurdi, Inspector General of Police, the Nigerian Police Force and the
Director, Department of State Services, Makurdi.
It will be recalled that in the
early hours of today (Monday), a full deployment of security operatives
besieged the premises of the Benue State House of Assembly firing tear gas
canisters and prevented the 22 members from accessing the House chambers even
as they allowed the Ikyange-led group of eight entry.
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