THE crisis rocking the Edo State House of Assembly degenerated into a violent confrontation Tuesday evening as 15 Iawmakers-elect, including Mr. Seidu Oshiomhole (Etsako West 11), the younger brother of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) were attacked by some suspected hoodlums.

Some of the lawmakers were said to have sustained serious injuries were rushed to the hospital for treatment where they are still recuperating at the time of filing this report.

The 15 lawmakers who are loyal to the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole were not invited to the Monday night inauguration of the Assembly where 9 members met to elect Mr. Frank Okiye (Esan North East 1) as Speaker.

During the violent assault, the elected legislators who vowed to resist the emergence of Okiye, a Governor Godwin Obaseki loyalist, were severely beaten up by the goons who inflicted bodily harm on them.


According to an aide of one of the lawmakers who would not want his name in print, the attack which happened at a hotel in downtown Benin during a meeting by the lawmakers-elect saw both hotel staff and guests run for safety.

A close police source who was not authorised to speak on the issue said that a former deputy speaker, Mr. Victor Tiger Edoror led his colleagues to the police headquarters in Benin to make a report of the assault.
Some of Edoror’s aides who accompanied him to the State Criminal Investigative Department were seen talking in low tone yesternight as he wrote a statement.

Efforts to reach the State Commissioner of Police, Mr. DanMallam Mohammed proved abortive as his mobile phone was engaged as of the time of filing this report.

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The price you pay for Nigerian politics

The battle continues....

Let's see who wins at last.

Obaseki seems to refuse to be cowed.

The battle is still far from being won

You can't outsmart your master..

What do I have to say? I have nothing to say, nothing, I have nothing to say

"....Governor Godwin Obaseki, who is currently battling to dismantle the structure of his predecessor, Oshiomhole ahead of Edo 2020 guber poll...."

Chai! Thanks goodness the infighting have gone inhouse now.So no excuse to give for your ineptitude in the long run.Obaseiki-Oshiomole roforofo fight continues

Okay..

So these APC people can’t even hide their rascality for one minute ? Everyday it’s one violence or the other.. Tufiakwa

Laslas it's governor that win

Their headaches...

Next news

Report say the thugs in their hundreds, swarm on the hotel, went door-to-door breaking in and demanding the whereabouts of the members-elect who just released a statement denouncing the swearing-in ceremony conducted the previous night

Agbero Peoples' Congress. They can "go and die" for all I care.

Tomorrow, oshiomole would come out and say nothing of such happened. How people carry fame news on their head is tiring...what do they stand to achieve with fake news is a mystery..

Tufiakwa

This is the more reason why I am against the creation of State Police. It will be an added advantage for Governors to abuse power.

obaseki have seriously learn from Ambode's defeat from his godfathers. nice one from him. we will know who will win the control of the structure obaseki has the power to destroy his godfather structures now unlike Ambode that was so so cold in controlling his structures against his godfathers. we will see.

If u think it was Adams that was beaten,gather

It will be a big shame and setback for Osho Baba to have fought Saraki to standstill, but finding it herculean to throw away that ugly Obaseki with one hand.

What is their gain now....... I wonder how some people reason.

Good For Him

Oshiomole is just being served a portion of d treatment he meted out to party members during the last year's primaries across d land....i am happy it is starting from home for him, he has not even seen nothing yet...by d time he's finished with, he will go and seek refuge at his brother's who swallowed 6m at d Kano zoo.

Okay

Adams now

Hehehe na wah oh.Politicians that cannot even provide for the needs of the people and are earning billions monthly abeg make una kill unaself joor.

YYY NA

E com remain Osho himself

Violence built governments

I support Frank okiye for speaker, he has so much experience and his a great guy all round, I don't know why the rest lawmalers are being stubborn.

oh!