Breaking: Shooting in Edo House of Assembly
There is heavy shooting and fighting at the Edo state House of Assembly over move to remove the speaker, Hon Kabiru Adjoto.
The Nation reports that several thugs have invaded the assembly and chased some lawmakers away.
Legit.ng gathered that two lawmakers of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), M.D Igbas and Hon Iluobe were fleeing with their security personnel.
Three persons were said to have been injured in the fracas.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that Kabiru Adjoto, the speaker of the Edo state Assembly and other lawmakers have filed a legal suit against the All Progressives Congress (APC) over the outcome of the party’s primaries.
The aggrieved lawmakers accused the party of stealing their mandates during the recently concluded polls, Channels TV reports. The speaker, who represents Akoko Edo constituency (1) in the state assembly, filed the action at the Federal High Court Aduwawa, Benin City on Thursday, October 18.
He had contested in the APC primary for Akoko Edo federal constituency, but the incumbent lawmaker, Peter Akpatason, was declared the winner in the exercise. Adjoto said the suit to was to correct the injustice allegedly done to them by some powers within the party.
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He said the situation could tear the party apart unless President Muhammadu Buhari intervenes to stop the issue from spreading to other chapters of the party.
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Source: Legit.ng