Why, how Edo Deputy Speaker was removed
Impeached Edo Deputy Speaker Yekini Idaiye was removed by seven pro-Governor Godwin Obaseki in Government House, Benin for allegedly endorsing All Progressives Congress governorship candidate, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, The Nation has learnt.
Seventeen of the 24 members of Edo Assembly, it was also gathered, are now backing Ize-Iyamu from the initial 14. “The impeachment of the Deputy Speaker is on the grounds of gross misconduct and divulging of official secrets.” The Nation gathered the pro-Obaseki lawmakers had been sitting inside Government House for over a month, claiming the Assembly Complex at Ring Road, Benin was being fumigated over COVID-19 scare.
Idiaye said at the visit: “There is no reason for me to defect to another political party because there is no single project in my village to show under this present administration.
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