Uzodimma, APC plotting to forcefully take over Edo House of Assembly – Speaker

Edo State Speaker of the House of Assembly, Rt.Hon Frank Okiye, has alleged that Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma and All Progressive Congress (APC) leadership are planning to forcefully take over the State House of Assembly.

In a world press conference organized by the speaker and other Members of House of Assembly today in Benin City, the Speaker accused Uzodimma of working with the impeached Deputy Speaker to import a fake mace to effectively complete the hatchet job.

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“The plan is for the former Deputy Speaker to congregate in an illegal location and and forcefully take over the House of Assembly,” Okiye said.

He called on the President to call Uzodimma and his cohort to order, warning that their actions are capable of blowing up a state that is already tensed following a charged electioneering campaigns.