Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Francis Okiye, has raised the alarm over alleged plan to violently take over the state assembly.
Speaking during plenary on Wednesday, Okiye alleged that a sitting governor and some elements in his party were plotting to use a fake mace to take over the Assembly.
He said the plot “is in cahoots with the former deputy speaker, Hon. Yekini Idaiye, who recently declared support for the candidate of the APC.”
Okiye called on President Muhammadu Buhari to urgently bring the governor and others working with him to order to desist and allow laws of state to guide them.
The Speaker said that polity in Edo State is already heated from the electioneering campaigns.
“Their planned action is akin to lighting a match in an already tensed political environment. We call on Edo people to rise against this planned plot to subvert their will using external forces.”
Okiye urged lovers of democracy across the world, that uphold democratic tenets and values, to denounce this planned illegality that seeks to distract a duly constituted authority.
