The Edo Assembly speaker alleged earlier that Gov. Hope Uzodinma of Imo State and the impeached deputy speaker planned to violently take over the Assembly.
Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State said on Thursday that the state would resist any attempt by anybody to forcefully take over the state House of Assembly.
Mr Okiye had alleged that Governor Hope Uzodinmm of Imo State and the impeached Deputy Speaker of the house, Yekini Idiaye, had planned to import a fake mace to violently take over control of the assembly. The governor, however, urged the house to go about its normal duties as a parliament as prescribed by the constitution.
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