Terkimbi Ikyange

The suspended Chairmen were those of Ogbadibo Local Government Council, James Simon Akola and his Vice, Ameh Eugenia; Mr Denis Akura of Vandeikya Local Government Council; Vitalis Uaah of Gwer East Local Government Council.

A Makurdi High Court on Monday restrained the new Speaker, Benue House of Assembly, Titus Uba, from conducting sittings

Ortom had dragged Ikyange and seven others to court to halt their alleged move to impeach him.

The police authority in Benue on Wednesday withdrew from the state House of Assembly complex to end a period of blockade, the News Agency of Nigeria reports.

The policemen had last week also stormed the Assembly, with lawmakers who are pro-Governor Ortom jumping the fence to enter the House

A Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria reports that both the impeached speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange (APC-Ushongo) and his successor, Titus Ubah (APC-Kyaan), were at the premises, both laying claim to the speakership

The legislators took the decision on Friday in Makurdi during their sitting at the Old Banquet Hall of Government House, Makurdi.

Members of Benue State House of Assembly on Friday scaled the high perimeter fence surrounding the Assembly Complex and jumped into the premises in an attempt to hold a parliamentary session.

Members of the Benue House of Assembly, who impeached their Speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange, on Tuesday, have claimed that they showed him the red card because he was “highhanded”.

Cited as Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Law, 2018, the bill was passed at plenary after a clause by clause consideration by the Committee of the whole presided by the Speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange.

The confirmation followed a letter signed by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Tony Ijohor, and read by the Speaker, Terkimbi Ikyange

Ikyange said during the plenary to mark the commencement of the second Legislative Session in Makurdi that the assembly would conduct a public hearing on the bill in order to get inputs from critical stakeholders

The speaker said this on Saturday in Makurdi at a ceremony organised by the Ikov Development Association, Makurdi Branch in his honour

Ikyange, who is representing Ushongo State Constituency on the platform of All Progressives Congress, gave the commendation during chat with newsmen in Makurdi on Sunday

The exercise would commence as soon as all the necessary logistics were put in place