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The recently elected Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Yekini Idiaye, has thrown much airy connected the crushed down the removal of his predecessor, Blessing Agbebaku.
Fielding questions from newsmen connected Monday, Idiaye attributed the improvement to alleged mediocre enactment and corruption, that Agbebaku’s tenure was characterised by prolonged adjournments.
“The House was inaugurated connected the 16th of June, 2023 nether the enactment of Agbebaku, and since past we person been passing done a batch of challenges, corruption present and there, adjournment present and there, sometimes for 30 days without a cause.
“We are not blessed with his enactment style. His enactment is poor, and it has been drafting the enactment of the authorities backwards. That is wherefore we removed him. We indispensable promote our performing governor.
“He is doing well, thing that volition derail oregon halt our performing governor, we indispensable halt it. That is wherefore we changed him. I tin guarantee each of you that we volition bash everything imaginable to enactment Governor Monday Okpebholo to determination this authorities forward,” the caller Speaker said.
DAILY POST reports that Agbebaku resigned his presumption astatine a little plenary sitting which lasted little than 30 minutes connected Monday, August 17, 2026.
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