There appears to be fire in the Governor Godwin Obaseki-backed Edo State House of Assembly with Monday’s ugly development in which the factional speaker of the House, Francis Abumere Okiye, was removed and slammed with three months suspension by nine out of the 10 members. The House is made up of seven members from the…
Edo Assembly Factions Bandy Words Over Clearance of New Commissioners
The parallel 17-member Edo State House of Assembly led by Victor Tiger Edoror, has condemned the clearance by the Francis Okiye-led minority House, a list of commissioner nominees sent to it by the governor, Godwin Obaseki. At its sitting on Wednesday, the Edoror-led faction of the polarized legislature, described the action of the state government…