Plots To Remove Edo Assembly Speaker Thicken

Barely 24 hours after the Edo State chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC wrote to the State House of Assembly indicating its interest in nominating new principal officers to become the party with the majority members in the house, a group, Edo North Conscience ENC on Wednesday said the Speaker, Rt. Hon Blessing Agbebaku should no longer continue in office as the Speaker.

They also said that in addition to his party, the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, becoming the minority party in the house, members and leaders of the APC worked to ensure victory for the party and its candidate, Sen. Monday Okpebholo.

Recall that four members, one from the Labour Party LP and three from the PDP, last week defected to the APC. This makes the APC the majority party with 13 members in the 24-member house, while the PDP now has 11.

The ENCs position was contained in a communiqu issued after their meeting in Auchi, the headquarters of Etsako West Local Government Area.