Edo Assembly cancels sitting over gunshots scare in complex

By Ozioruva Aliu

BENIN CITY— THERE was unease at the Edo State House of Assembly, yesterday, as the leadership cancelled its first sitting for the year owing to the discovery of pellets suspected to be gunshots in the chambers.

A hole was in the roof of the chambers, while the items suspected to be pellets were found on the seat of the Majority Leader of the House, Jonathan Ibhamawu.

It was gathered that some members of the Assembly were already in the complex preparing for the day’s sitting when the discovery was made and the Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, was promptly invited to investigate the cause of the incident and he promised that his personnel would unravel what was behind the incident.

Briefing journalists later, Ibhamawu said the incident was being investigated by security agency and sitting has been postponed till further notice.

“We were ready for sitting today and our attention was called to the fact that there was an incident here, so, I have to call the Commissioner of Police and the Department of State Service, DSS and we have left everything to them to investigate and to give us a complete report as to what gave rise to what we are talking about.

“For now, everything is fine and we are eager and ready to start our sitting today but unfortunately because of the incident, we might not be able to meet today because we want to give the chambers to security agents to comb it properly and for them to give a report that will he satisfying to everybody.

“However, be rest assured that everything is calm in the House and we’re not distracted, we will certainly come back to do our normal routine seating.”

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