The ‘impeached’ speaker of Benue State House of Assembly, Terkimbi Ikyange, yesterday, called on the police authorities in Abuja to move into the assembly to restore law, order and integrity of the house.
Ikyange was purportedly removed at a sitting of the house on Tuesday for alleged high-handedness.
The embattled speaker who spoke to journalists in Makurdi, said a petition would be lodged with the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, as soon as possible to avert looming crisis in the state over what he called “unconstitutional change of leadership in the state legislature.”
Ikyange said the Tuesday sitting of the house, which purportedly removed him as speaker was illegal, adding that decisions in respect of the other offices said to have been taken by the 22 members present at the said sitting were also null and void.
He alleged that those who reconvened the House and conducted the illegal business did so with the sponsorship of the executive arm under Governor Samuel Ortom, who allegedly facilitated their entry into the assembly through a backdoor that linked the government house to the assembly.
