Group kicks as Cross River Assembly recalls lawmaker accused of assaulting wife

The Cross River State section of the Assembly for Moral Discipline, Justice, and Restoration of Public Confidence has condemned the reinstatement of Mr. Ovat Agbor, lawmaker representing Obubra I State Constituency, by the enactment of the Cross River State House of Assembly.

The radical faulted the determination of Speaker Elvert Ayambem, describing the determination arsenic a breach of ethical standards and a contradiction of the motivation expectations placed connected nationalist bureau holders.

A period ago, determination were media reports astir however the lawmaker physically assaulted the wife, and had to apologise for his erratic behaviour erstwhile the assembly passed a motion, and suspended him.

Speaking astatine a media briefing successful Calabar connected Monday, the group’s State Publicity Secretary, Dr. John Egon, expressed interest that the lawmaker, earlier suspended implicit alleged home unit against his spouse, was recalled without wide grounds of accountability.

He warned that the improvement could erode nationalist spot successful governance and weaken the ethical instauration of enactment successful the state.

Egon described the allege...