The Reps during plenary on Tuesday considered a motion seeking to take over the functions of the Edo state House of Assembly in line with the constitution.

According to Hon. Okiye, the Edo House of Assembly was duly inaugurated on June 17, 2019 and there is a court order stopping National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Inspector General of Police and all other defendants listed from obstructing the duties of members of the Assembly.

“May I state that apart from the fact that the Edo Assembly complied with the Nigerian constitution in the inauguration of the House, there also exists a court order with suit number FHC/B/CS/70/2019, FHC/B/M/285/2019, ordering the National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Inspector General of Police, the Commissioner of Police in Edo State, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, all defendants, their servants and agents, not to interfere, disrupt or obstruct the constitutional duties of members of the Edo House of Assembly.”

The Speaker averred that the decision of the federal lawmakers to investigate issues surrounding the inauguration is a welcome development.

“We welcome the decision of the House of Representatives to investigate all the issues surrounding the inauguration of the Edo State House of Assembly. We are confident that they would not find anything contrary to the provisions of the Constitution.

“We humbly advise them to be guided and not get involved in petty politics to fan the ego of an aspiring Godfather.”

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According to a statement issued  in Benin City, Speaker of the House,  Hon. Frank Okiye, observed that the party lacked the powers to adjudicate on election of house leadership.

“The All Progressives Congress (APC) lacks the powers to adjudicate on constitutional functions of the legislature,” he said.

“We have read with disappointment the flip-flop of the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, on the issue of the election of the leadership of the Edo State House of Assembly.

“We recall very clearly that in the Thursday, June 20 edition of This Day Newspaper, on page 49, he said that the APC has a structure, noting that the state chapter of the party was in the best position to intervene in the issue.”

Okiye quoted the APC publicity secretary as saying in the newspaper publication: “It is not every issue that the national leadership responds to. That is why we have structure; you can relate to the APC in the state. I can’t respond to that; we have structure. It has not gotten to what the media was trying to make it look like.

“In about 48 hours, his stance has dramatically changed. He declared that the national leadership of the party is disappointed with the emergence of rt. Hon. Frank Okiye as Speaker of the 7th Edo State House of Assembly, calling it ‘a charade’ and an ‘illegality.’

“This sudden u-turn leaves us wondering if it was the same Mallam Issa-Onilu with his faculties intact speaking or if it is somebody else with vested interests that is speaking through him.”

The ninth Edo Assembly was inaugurated on Monday, with nine members electing Frank Okiye as Speaker of the House.

The assembly has 24 members-elect.

19 aggrieved lawmakers had earlier addressed a press conference where they claimed that the governor was trying to impose the leadership of the house on members.

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