Impeachment mere charade – Wike
Rivers State Governor and leader of the PDP Campaign Council in the Edo election, Nyesom Wike, on Friday condemned the convergence of the 17 lawmakers and the purported impeachment of the speaker and deputy speaker of the Assembly, saying it was a mere charade.
He said, “Fortunately, the purported impeachment of the speaker is a mere charade, completely futile and exists only in the imagination of the evil perpetrators and their crude and unintelligent co-travellers and sponsors.”
“We have raised the alarm before that the APC is not ready for a free and fair contest and will do all sorts of things including violence with the backing of the federal might to rig and claim unmerited victory at all cost. Nigerians can now bear witness that our claims and fears of the desperation of the APC are not without basis.”
Meanwhile, there were reports that seven persons have been arrested in connection with the tension at the House of Assembly in Benin City on Thursday.
One of our correspondents gathered on Friday that the arrested persons prevented the 17 lawmakers who attempted to make their way into the complex early on Thursday before they later retreated to an undisclosed location to be inaugurated.
When contacted on the telephone, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr Johnson Kokumo, said he was busy, while the Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Chidi Nwabuzor, said he had not been authorised to speak on the matter.
But speaking at a press briefing in Benin on Friday, Vice-Chairman, Media and Publicity Committee of the APC Campaign Council, Mr Patrick Obahiagbon, urged the police to investigate the activities of the arrested persons to identify their sponsors.
Ayooluwa Joshua