BEVERLY HILLS, October 12, (THEWILL) – The crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly has deepened as the Speaker of the House, Frank Okiye was on Monday impeached.
The impeachment of the Speaker followed a motion moved by the Leader of the House (Henry Okhuarobo) that Okiye be removed over allegations of high-handedness.
His impeachment letter was signed by nine out of 10 members who were present during a brief sitting on Monday.
The Deputy Speaker, Mr Roland Asoro, who presided over the plenary after the impeachment put the motion to a voice vote where it enjoyed the support of all the members at plenary.
Marcus Onobun, the member representing Esan West Constituency was thereafter elected as Speaker.
Following his election, the new Speaker, Mr Marcus Onobun dissolved all the House standing committees and relieved all the appointees of the House of their appointments.
The Speaker also constituted a three-man committee to look into financial records of the house under the leadership of the former speaker and also placed the former speaker under three months suspension to allow for a peaceful transition.
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