Twelve lawmakers-elect of the Edo
state house of assembly have reportedly taken their oath of office.
This comes more than one year
after they were elected.The faction has elected Victor Edoror as speaker.
Edoror was impeached as deputy speaker in 2018.
The crisis between Godwin
Obaseki, the governor, and Adams Oshiomhole, former national chairman of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), had split the assembly.
A faction loyal to the governor
had been in charge of the assembly while the loyalists of Oshiomhole were left
out despite all attempts to be inaugurated.
But as some of the lawmakers in
the camp of Obaseki, led by Yekini Idiaye, the deputy speaker, endorsed Osagie
Ize-Iyamu, APC candidate for the September 19 gubernatorial election, the
pro-Oshiomhole lawmakers relaunched the move for their inauguration.
A source disclosed that they
took their oath of office at a hidden location in the state on Thursday.
The source said they have been mandated to remove Obaseki one month to the governorship election. A claim NigerianEye could not independently verify.
Obaseki had defected from the APC
to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) after he was screened out of the
governorship race of the APC.
The fresh crisis at the state
assembly broke out after the impeachment of Idiaye.
Hours after Idiaye’s removal,
Frank Okiye, the speaker of the house of assembly, raised the alarm that there
was a plot to forcefully take over the assembly.
On Thursday morning, security
operatives stormed the assembly, leading to a protest.
Okiye had alleged that the
leadership of the APC was behind the action of the security operatives.
He also accused the other faction
of the assembly of planning to topple the government of Obaseki.
“The Edo State House of Assembly
condemns any attempt to operate the House of Assembly Complex at Ring Road,
currently undergoing renovation as the inaugurated members and the Rt. Hon.
Speaker have relocated the House via a letter widely circulated to a new
address at Dennis Osadebay Avenue,” he said in a statement.
“Any attempt to operate the House
of Assembly Complex at Ring Road, amounts to an attempt to topple a constituted
government which in turn amounts to an act of treason.
“Forceful entry into the premises
amounts to trespass, being that the House members have suspended activities at
the building; their action will amount to disturbance of public peace which is
also an offense.”
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