The
police has waded into the political drama in the Ondo State House of
Assembly after the sacked leaders refused to relinquish power.
Hon. Jumoke Akindele
The crisis rocking the Ondo State House of Assembly continues on Monday morning as police shut the Assembly premises.
This was to prevent a fracas which would have occurred at the
Assembly between factions loyal to Hon. Malachi Coker and Hon. Jumoke
Akindele who are laying claim to the speakership seat.
Coker’s faction impeached Akindele last Friday evening but the
woman insisted she would remain the Speaker because her removal did not
meet the constitutional requirement.
The Nation learnt gathered that the legislators in Coker’s camp
gained entrance to the Assembly premises as early as 6:00 a.m. on Monday
Coker immediately sat on the speaker’s seat in readiness for the
day’s plenary. The Akindele’s faction later stormed the Assembly and the
embattled speaker personally challenged Coker that he has no right to
sit on the speaker’s seat.
But Coker told her she is no longer the Assembly Speaker because she had been impeached.
This caused altercation between the two factions. Police operatives
led by the State Commissioner of Police, Mrs. Hilda Ibifuro-Harrison,
who were already at the Assembly premises to prevent breakdown of law
and order, stormed the House chamber and ordered the lawmakers including
the workers to leave the place immediately.
Watch a video of the drama below:
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