EDO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBILIES IMPEACHED DEPUTY SPEAKER

Edo suspended deputy speaker impeached The suspended Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Festus Ebea, has been impeached. He was impeached for alleged misconduct and misdemeanor. Ebea and three others –Friday Ogieriakhi (Orhionmwon South) Jude Ise-Idehen (Ikpoba-Okha) and Patrick Osayimwen(Oredo East) were suspended last month for alleged misconduct.

The sitting where the impeachment took place was held at an old chamber located inside the Edo State Government House. Security was beefed up around the Edo State House of Assembly and the police had earlier said it would not allow any group among the warring lawmakers to enter the chamber for legislative business. Lawmakers of the Peoples Democratic Party that resumed plenary on Monday were not allowed entry. They waited for five hours and adjourned plenary till Monday. Workers of the assembly were locked outside waiting for the APC lawmakers to resume duty when news filtered in that the sitting had been relocated to the old chamber. Majority Leader, Philip Shaibu, under matters of urgent public importance moved a motion that the old chamber be used for plenary pending when renovation works at the assembly complex was complete. He said, “This is the old chamber. It was from here the legislative business was moved to the new place. We have lot of committee reports to consider.” “I moved that we sit in this old chamber until the new chamber is refurbished and
ready to use.” Speaker Uyi Igbe said the chamber could not be used for plenary because the former Deputy Speaker and other suspended members destroyed the doors when they forcibly gained entrance into the chamber. He said the chamber would be ready for use within three to four weeks.