Edo Assembly Blockade: We Don’t Control The Police, Says APC
This photo taken on August 6, 2020, shows security operatives at the Edo State House of Assembly complex in Benin City, the state capital.The takeover of the Edo State House of Assembly complex by security operatives has sparked an exchange of blame between the Peoples Democratic Party and the All Progressives Congress .
He, however, accused the Edo State government of carrying out several onslaughts against the constitutional independence of the legislative arm of government by attacking its members-elect and denying them representation. “The sham inauguration was condemned and set aside by both arms of the National Assembly after their separate investigations revealed that the members, and indeed the Clerk, were forced to participate in the illegality under threat to life.”reported that security operatives from the Nigeria Police and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps laid a siege on the Assembly following a reported threat of an attack on the facility.
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