The crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly took another
turn on Monday, June 23, 2014 as lawmakers went physical on each other,
engaging in a fight as they tried to enforce the suspension of some of
their colleagues.
The lawmakers had last Wednesday,
unanimously agreed to adjourn sitting till yesterday, to enable them
resolve their differences at plenary.
But the situation at the Assembly on their resumption indicated that the lawmakers were yet to embrace peace as they all gathered in clusters at the main entrance gate of the Assembly complex after they were prevented from getting into the complex by security operatives.
But the situation at the Assembly on their resumption indicated that the lawmakers were yet to embrace peace as they all gathered in clusters at the main entrance gate of the Assembly complex after they were prevented from getting into the complex by security operatives.
It all started when the court bailiff served contempt proceedings on four lawmakers while they sat with their other colleagues outside the Edo State House of Assembly.
Calling each other unprintable names when both factions arrived the House for sitting on Monday morning, they insisted they were going in, despite the suspension and injunction from the court. Channels TV reports.
In the video a man could be heard saying, “who wan shoot me make he shoot me” He said this repeatedly.
You can watch video HERE.
