Edo Assembly: No 17 lawmakers anywhere – Impeached Speaker, Frank Okiye
Honourable Frank Okiye, the Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly has refuted claims of his impeachment.The report from Edo State yesterday was that seventeen lawmakers, including the fourteen lawmakers-elect whose seats were declared vacant, had convened and impeached Okiye and Roland Asoro as Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, respectively.at an undisclosed location in Benin City during an emergency plenary session attended by 17 elected members.
“I must confess that there are no 17 lawmakers anymore anywhere. The 14 lawmakers whose seats were declared vacant have lost the status. “So I do not know where they can get the authority to reconvene the House outside the legislative premises.”
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