Francis Okiye, Speaker of Edo state House of Assembly has been impeached by members of the house
The members present at a brief immediately sworn in Marcus Onobun, representing Esan West State Constituency, as the new Speaker.
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The impeachment letter sacking him as Speaker was signed by nine out of 10 members who were present at a sitting, Monday.
The Edo Assembly has been enmeshed in crisis since a controversial inauguration of only nine, out of 24 lawmakers-elect, on June 17, 2019, following an alleged proclamation by Governor Godwin Obaseki.
The 14 lawmakers, who were not part of the process rejected the process and asked the governor to issue a fresh proclamation, but the Governor has consistently cited a Rivers Federal High Court judgement that barred him from doing so.
The much crisis added to the rancorous build up to the Edo guber election won by Obaseki.
Details later…
