EDO ELECTION: New Assembly Speaker Emerges, Confusion Increases |READ FULL
Afnews Editor
Aug 06, 2020
Frank Okiye and Roland Asoro have been impeached Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly.
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The duo were removed on Thursday by seventeen lawmakers including the fourteen lawmakers-elect whose seat were earlier declared vacant.
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The new Speaker, Rt. Hon. Victor Edoror, was elected at an undisclosed location in Benin City during an emergency plenary session attended by 17 elected members.
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Reacting to the impeachment, Okiye simply said, "It is a non-issue and I do not want to respond to such issues.ÔÇØ
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Meanwhile, the new speaker in company of other lawmakers has paid a courtesy visit to the state Commissioner of Police, Johnson Babatunde Kokumo, and other state security chiefs with a view to seeking maximum security to prevent the breakdown of law and order in the state.
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