The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Edoror, at a meeting with 23 other lawmakers yesterday, apologised for his sins against them. He also begged them to save him and his seat from the planned impeachment. The aggrieved 23 legislators had accused Edoror of alleged greed in the running of the affairs of the house.
They further alleged that he failed to account for about N50 million that accrued to the lawmakers, a development that irked them to move for his impeachment yesterday.
New Telegraph gathered that Governor Adams Oshiomhole had pleaded with the lawmakers against the impeachment plot, asking them to soft pedal to allow peace reign among members of the ruling All Progressives Congress in the state.
Some of the more aggrieved lawmakers had insisted that the speaker be impeached, but for Oshiomhole’s timely intervention yesterday making the speaker to call the lawmakers for a peace meeting that lasted for hours.
Besides, the leadership of the APC in the state also prevailed on the lawmakers to sheathe their swords and further impressed on the embattled speaker on how to carry his colleagues along in the scheme of things in the hallowed chambers of the Assembly.
At yesterday’s proceedings, over 30 patrol trucks of riot policemen were deployed to the Kings Square on Ring Road, where the Assembly complex is located in order to forestall any breach of peace.
The speaker had addressed the lawmakers in a calm and gentle disposition as he begged them for consideration. He also held an executive session with them, which lasted for several hours before meeting with the aggrieved lawmakers, where he pleaded that they tender justice with mercy.
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