Obaseki, Oshiomhole’s feud stalls proclamation of 7th Assembly

The feud between Governor Godwin Obaseki and his predecessor,
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has stalled the proclamation of the 7th
Edo State House Assembly.

All the 24 lawmakers elected to the Edo Assembly are members of
the All Progressives Congress.

Some lawmakers-elect to the 7th Assembly have expressed
reservations over the date fixed for their inauguration.

The 6th Assembly ended last week with the former Speaker, Hon
Kabiru Adjoto adjourning sitting sine die.

Checks showed that only eight lawmakers were re-elected to the
7th Assembly while 16 new lawmakers are to be inaugurated.

Sources said the battle within the ranks of the Edo APC has
shifted to the Assembly as both sides plot to control majority of
the lawmakers.

There was however heavy security presence at the gate of the
Assembly complex.

Many APC supporters who had gone to witness the inauguration
were turned back

State Secretary of the Edo APC, Mr. Lawrence Okah said they were
waiting for a letter of proclamation from Governor Obaseki as
instituted in the law.

A top government official said there was no breach of the law,
“Is there a law that says it must be on a particular day? They
should go and read the constitution. Did it say every state must
inaugurate its assembly the same day. That is not the position. It
is when the governor writes and proclaim it that it is inaugurated
and it is only the governor that can do it. Our own will either be
Friday or Monday.”

It was gathered that Oshiomhole is pushing for Victor Edoror to
be made Speaker while Governor Obaseki preferred Frank Okiye.

Both Okiye and Edoror hail from Edo Central where the position
of Speaker is supposedly zoned to.

One of the newly elected lawmaker said the unresolved issues
between Oshiomhole and Obaseki was responsible for the delayed
proclamation of a new Assembly.

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