Kayode Oyero and Peter David, BeninSome men on Thursday vandalised the Edo State House of Assembly and removed its roof. The video also showed trucks offloading gravels at the entrance of the Assembly Complex while the suspected vandals trooped into the building. The PUNCH had earlier reported that policemen on Thursday surrounded the Assembly complex in Benin City, the state capital. One of our Correspondents reported that Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, may have ordered the “immediate renovation” of the state House of Assembly. “We call on Edo State people, whose mandate and interest the state legislature holds and protect, to rise against this attack and plot to subvert their will and subjugate them using external forces.

Source: Punch August 06, 2020 14:14 UTC