Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, has congratulated the newly elected Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly.
Recall that the duo of Victor Edoror and Emmanuel Agbaje, Speaker and Deputy Speaker were elected on Thursday, August 6.
Governor Bello who spoke via a statement released by Onogwu Mohammed, his Chief Press Secretary, noted that the emergence of the new principal officers was a welcome development.
He also hoped that their emergence would mark the dawn of a new era of peace and focus for governance in Edo State.
17 members of the 24-man Edo assembly elected their new leadership with a pledge to restore order to the state legislature which had been embroiled in longstanding crises.
Prior to the election, seven members belonging to the PDP and allegedly backed by Godwin Obaseki had taken over the duties of the assembly and purported to impeach the former deputy speaker for declaring support for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Governor Bello who said his state Kogi is very interested in peace within the neighbouring Edo State noted that since both states share a long boundary line, any breakdown of law and order in the latter was bound to cause security and other troubles for the former. He, therefore, urged the new speaker and members of the Edo State House of Assembly to swing into action immediately to restore order to the state legislature and find ways to work with other arms of their government in the best interests of Edo people.
The Edo State gubernatorial election believed to be causing the unrest in the assembly will hold on September 19.
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