The court’s order is coming on the heels of allegations by the All Progressives Congress in the state that the former speaker and others sponsored thugs who recently invaded the state assembly.
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The former Speaker, who made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Benin, said he took the decision after deeply consulting with his conscience, family, friends and his teeming supporters.
The immediate past Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Alhaji Kabiru Adjoto, says he is set to release a three-hour documentary “exposing Adams Oshiomhole’s dark waters”.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Benin on Monday nullified the election of Peter Akpatason of the All Progressives Congress as a member of the House of Representatives for the Akoko-Edo Federal Constituency.
The Edo House of Assembly on Tuesday urged the state Ministry of Education to close down all unregistered schools in the state.
This appeal is contained in the House resolution, which was passed on Wednesday in Benin.
Tony Bamawo, who led the protesting disengaged staff to the Edo House of Assembly, Benin, said that their salaries were stopped by the state Ministry of Transport before their disengagement in June, 2015.
The Speaker, Kabiru Adjoto, who constituted the committee at plenary, said the deputy speaker was being accused of divulging official secret to the public.
The approval followed a letter from the governor requesting the assembly to authorise the Federal Government to deduct the money to procure military equipment and tackle other security challenges.
Speaker of the assembly, Kabiru Adjoto, announced the directive at plenary and said that the motive was to identify the challenges facing the institution.
Speaking during an interactive session with newsmen in Benin, Adjoto said professionals and experienced individuals were being overlooked for reasons best known to the policymakers in the country.
The group, at a news conference on Friday in Auchi, condemned the call by some traditional rulers in Edo-North, urging the lawmakers to return the recently-impeached house leadership to Edo-Central.