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Edo Assembly crisis: ‘We cannot be intimidated,’ group tells Obaseki

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The Integrity Group, comprising 14 aggrieved lawmakers of the Edo State House of Assembly, on Tuesday said they cannot be intimidated and that no amount of threat would make them back down on their demand.

The group is asking Governor Godwin Obaseki to issue another proclamation for the proper inauguration of the Assembly.

According to lawmakers, the governor coerced the Clerk of the Assembly, Audu Omogbai, to elect principal officers and inaugurated the Assembly in the night of June 17 with nine of the elected 24 members made up of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The crisis over the inauguration of the Assembly took a new twist last week after a member representing Ovia North East II, Vincent Uwadiae, was suspended by his Okada East ward.

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Speaking on the development in a statement, the spokesperson for the Integrity Group, Washington Osifo, said the suspension would not break their resolve to pursue justice and preserve the rule of law.

He said: “We will continue to speak the truth and won’t follow anyone sheepishly. Good conscience is what is binding us. No matter what they do it will not break our resolve.

“The more they fight us, the stronger we are. We are on the side of the people and justice, we will prevail.”

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