Edo Assembly Crisis: Heavy Police Presence In Assembly Premises
By Salimot Raji
Police this morning took strategic position at the premises of the Edo State House of Assembly, following the decision of the suspended members of the legislative arm to join the plenary session on Monday morning despite a court order restraining them from the Assembly’s premises.
It was noticed that, police blocked major routes around the premises of the House while every person entering the premises were screened for weapons and other dangerous substance.
But the suspended lawmakers as reported by Channels TV, were allowed into the Assembly premises
Four members of the House of Assembly were suspended on June 9 for what the House described as misconduct, but the suspended members and five other members of the House held plenary on June 10, moved and adopted a motion for the suspension of the Speaker,Uyi Igbe, the Majority Leader, Philip Shaibu, and six others.
The House of Assembly, however, obtained restraining injunction on June 11 against the four suspended lawmakers from entering the Assembly premises.
Despite the court order, the suspended members insisted that they would be present at Monday’s plenary, a development that led to the presence of police personnel at the premises of the Assembly, a situation the state Commissioner of Police said they did as a precautionary measures against violence.
The Benin Monarch over the weekend cautioned politicians in the state to resolve their difference for the interest of peace and security in the state.