Edo LG bosses remain suspended, says Oshiomhole (http://www.businessdayonline.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=9024:edo-lg-bosses-remain-suspended-says-oshiomhole-&catid=85:national&Itemid=340)
...shuns Reps decision, asks IG to prosecute former speakerEdo State governor, Adams Oshiomhole, has said that the chairmen of Akoko-Edo and Orhionwhon local government areas of the state remain suspended and that the state government will ignore the resolution of the House of Representatives, seeking to reverse the suspension, maintaining that the resolution was passed in bad faith. The governor, speaking at the National Executive Committee meeting of the Action Congress in Benin City on Thursday also said the government has written to the inspector-general of police to prosecute the former speaker, Zakawanu Garuba and two other lawmakers, Frank Okiye and Blessing Aigbebaku for using dangerous weapons which include axe, gun, teargas and gavel on other lawmakers. The House of Representatives had, at its plenary sitting on Thursday, by voice vote, passed a motion sponsored by Friday Itulah, for the reversal of the suspension of the chairmen of Akoko-Edo and Orhionwhon local governments; condemning and reversing the impeachment of Zakawanu Garuba as speaker of the state Assembly and ordering the inspector-general of police and the State Security Service (SSS) to probe the alleged forgery of the signature of three PDP members of the state Assembly. However, Oshiomhole who said he invoked the powers vested in him by the state House of Assembly to suspend the local government chairmen said the action taken about three weeks ago, is irreversible and that the panels set up to probe the two men would complete its work and if found guilty, they would face the law and if not, they would return to their posts. On the impeachment of Zakawanu Garuba as speaker, Oshiomhole said he would not comment on it since the matter is in court. "The principle of separation of power instructs us not to comment on anything that is before a court of competent jurisdiction. I will abstain from commenting on whether the speaker was duly impeached or not. The matter is before the court." On the order for the IG and SSS to probe alleged forgery of signatures of some lawmakers, he said, "the police and SSS have their brief. They do not require a motion to do their job. The IG is not the IG of PDP and the SSS is not the SSS of the PDP."
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