Rep Peter Akpatason, the Leader of Edo caucus in the House of Representatives, made the call when six Edo State House of Assembly members paid the caucus a courtesy visit on Tuesday in Abuja.
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The purpose is a last ditch effort to see the possibility of averting the strike action slated for Monday
Akpatason told newsmen in Abuja on Sunday that the PIB was the most politicised bill in the National Assembly owing to “a lot of interests” from parties involved.
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.
Peter Akpatason, representing Akoko-Edo in the House of Representatives, says loyal members of the All Progressives Congress in the house will carry out the party’s instruction on Speaker Yakubu Dogara.
Speaking to newsmen in Benin, Akpatason said the defectors won elections in 2015 because of the “good people” they met in the APC.
Akpatason told the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday in Abuja that the court’s ruling was an attempt to obstruct legislative process.