Francis Okiye, the Edo State
House of Assembly Speaker, has raised the alarm over alleged plot to forcefully
take over the state assembly.
He spoke on Wednesday during
plenary.
Okoye alleged that a sitting
governor and stakeholders in his party were set to use a fake mace to take over
the Assembly.
He said the plan “is in cahoots
with the former deputy speaker, Assemblyman Yekini Idaiye, who recently
declared support for the candidate of the APC.”
Okiye urged President Muhammadu
Buhari to urgently call the governor and others working with him to desist and
allow laws of state to guide them.
The Speaker noted that Edo State
is already heated by the high political tension from the electioneering
campaigns.
“Their planned action is akin to
lighting a match in an already tensed political environment. We call on Edo
people to rise against this planned plot to subvert their will using external
forces.”
Okiye urged lovers of democracy
across the world, that uphold democratic tenets and values, to denounce this
planned illegality that seeks to distract a duly constituted authority.
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