Edo State Speaker Alleged Of Multiple Cases of Fraud And Impeached.

By Alltimepost.com

There was pandemonium at the Edo State House of Assembly on Tuesday as thugs invaded the hallowed chamber shooting sporadically and in the process six persons were seriously wounded.

Trouble started when the Majority Leader, Hon. Folly Ogedegbe, moved the motion for the impeachment of the speaker, Hon. Victor Edoror and his Deputy Speaker, Hon. Bright Osayande.

The motion, which was seconded by Hon. Gani Audu, representing Etsako West (l) reads in part: “We the underlisted and undersigned Honourable members representing the various constituencies in the Edo State House of Assembly have on this day, 3rd of May, 2016 resolved to impeach our speaker, Hon. (Chief) Victor Edoror Tiger, and the Deputy Speaker‎
Hon. Osayande, for acts of gross misconduct.

Speaker ex-tempore, Hon. Patrick Iluobe, was appointed to preside over the business of the day where the new speaker, Hon. Mrs. Elizabeth Ativie, representing Uhunmwonde constituency, was appointed as speaker and Dr. Joseph Okonoboh, representing Igueben constituency,was appointed as Deputy Speaker.

Immediately the new speaker was sworn in, the impeached speaker and his deputy walked into the chamber in company of the thugs shooting sporadically to scare people out of the chambers, in the process a lot of people sustained various gun shot injuries.

Addressing journalists immediately after the fracas, the new speaker, Hon. (Mrs.) Ativie said the members could no longer tolerate the greedy nature of the speaker.

She said the impeached speaker has up to six different financial cases with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the members could not continue to allow such “an indecent” person to lead the House.

She therefore said that a 5-member committee, headed by Hon. Kabiru Adjoto, representing Akoko-Edo (l) constituency will investigate the financial recklessness of the impeached speaker from June 2015 till May 3rd.

Ativie said if found wanting at the end of the three months when the committee will submit their report, he will be handed over to the appropriate authority.

Also speaking, Hon. Adjoto Kabiru said the impeached speaker is “violently corrupt.”

He also said that the former speaker, who had “flair for eating government money just the way the red-mouth squirrel has mouth for palm kernel; as it is eating one, it is looking at another, that is how Edoror is.

“As it is today, Edoror has a lot of EFCC cases hanging on his neck, you media men can go and verify this we cannot afford to have a speaker that is being investigated by the EFCC because of his corrupt nature.

“As earlier mentioned by our new speaker, Edoror has a corrupt ‎tendency that cannot be mentioned by one, enough is enough, that is while 16 members of the House today signed an impeachment notice against him.

“As we speak today, both APC and PDP members in the House, Sixteen members signed the impeachment notice that removed the speaker”.