Rt. Hon. Victor Edoror, Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly and his deputy have been impeached by two third majority of the house.
Our check shows that 15 out of the 24 house members voted in favor of the impeachment, which produced Hon. Elizabeth Ativie representing Uhumwonde local government area, and Dr. Justin Okunrobo from Igueben local government as Speaker and Deputy respectively.
The impeachment was not without a fight as there was pandemonium in the chamber as series of gun shots were heard from the Assembly ground as journalists raced to the venue to catch a glimpse of what was going on.
The impeachment huhuonline.com gathered was connected to the recent face-off between the legislature and the executive over the tenure of the local government council, which the legislators said the governor erred in ordering the local government council chairmen to hand over to their heads of service.
I remain Edo Speaker – Edoror
However, Hon Victor Edoror, the impeached speaker has insisted that he remained the Speaker of Edo State House of Assembly. Edoror, who spoke to journalist immediately after plenary with six other lawmakers in attendance,said only 11 lawmakers were at the sitting that impeached him.
Group Urgue President Buhari To Call Gov. Oshomole To Order
The Edo For Good Governance (EGG), has described that the impeachment of the speaker and his deputy as a prologue to the impeachment of Deputy Governor Dr. Pius Odubu.
The groups, which spoke through a statement issued its coordinator, John Ogbeide condemned “the so-called impeachment of Edo speaker and deputy as a continuation of the plot to eliminate Deputy Governor Pius Odubu, who has indicated interest in the governorship ticket of the All Progressives Congress (APC).”
Excerpt from the stament reads;: “It is an open-secret that all attempts to make Dr Odubu give up his resolve to vie for the ticket have failed.
“It is quite pathetic that a few days after the deputy governor narrowly escaped being assassinated in Auchi – an attack in which his DSS bodyguard and police escort commander sustained serious gun wounds – these anti-democratic forces have now shifted their weapons to the Edo House of Assembly.
“In utter contempt of the cultural sensibilities of Bini nation and indeed entire Edo people who are still mourning the death of our great king, Oba Erediuauwa, this is coming less than two weeks after the House of Assembly, in exercise of its independence, also disagreed with the governor over the dissolution of councils.
“For the avoidance of doubt, EGG wishes to put the national leadership of APC on notice as well as alert our democracy-loving President Muhammadu Buhari to call Governor Adams Oshiomhole to order to allow democracy and one-man-one-vote prevail in Edo as the party prepares for the primaries in the next four weeks.
“Dr. Odubu is not asking for any special favour, but only a level-playing field, to allow our party members freely choose who to carry the party flag in the September 10 election. We will resist neo-godfatherism, imposition or rigging of any sort.
“Is it not ironic that the man who openly boasted in July 2012 when Dr. Goodluck Jonathan was still president that he did not need then General Muhammadu Buhari to win his second term election on July 14, 2012 is now afraid of free and fair primaries in Edo State?
“Again, we call on President Buhari to call the Edo governor to order today before he plunges our state into avoidable bloodshed.”
