This came less than 24 hours after the Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr Yekini Idiaye, was impeached by seven lawmakers loyal to Obaseki. The 24-member Assembly, all APC members, had been operating with only 10 members that were inaugurated into the 8th Assembly after the proclamation by the governor in June 2019. The current goings-on portend grave danger, not only to law and order in that state, but to the coming Edo elections.”Obaseki is the problem of Edo State – APC chairmanThe Edo State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Col. David Imuse (retd.) Imuse said, “The problem of Edo State today is not APC or PDP, it is Godwin Obaseki. Ize-Iyamu congratulates new SpeakerMeanwhile, the candidate of the APC in the September 19 governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, has congratulated the newly-elected Speaker of the Edo Assembly, Mr Victor Edoror.

Source: Punch August 07, 2020 02:12 UTC