Following the attainment of majority status in the Edo State House of Assembly by the All Progressives Congress, APC, a group under the aegis of Edo North Conscience, ENC, has called for the impeachment of Hon. Blessing Agbebaku as Speaker of the House.
DAILY POST reports that the group made the call in a statement barely 24 hours after the leadership of the state chapter of APC wrote to the Speaker, Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, notifying him and the House that the party’s lawmakers now constitute the majority in the Assembly.
The statement was signed by the group’s chairman, Mr Oshioke Aledeh, and Secretary, Mr Tunde Balogun, after a stakeholders’ meeting and was made available to newsmen in Benin City.
It said the call became necessary following the defection of four opposition members of the House to the ruling APC in the state.
“As it stands now, APC is the majority in the House with 13 members, while PDP has 11. This gives APC an edge over other parties regarding the principal officers of the House.
“Last week, three PDP lawmakers and one Labour Party lawmaker defected to the APC. The defected lawmakers are Donald Okogbe (PDP, Akoko-Edo II), Sunday Ojiezele (PDP, Esan South-East Constituency), Richard Edosa (LP, Oredo West), and Bright Iyamu (PDP, Orhionmwon II).
“So, based on this, the APC should take the position of Speaker and other principal offices in the House. They should commence the process of removing Hon. Agbebaku to pave the way for an APC Speaker in the House,” the statement read.
The group opined that Blessing Agbebaku’s continued retention of the speakership position, despite belonging to a minority party, is not in the best interest of the House and the state.
It, however, vowed to initiate an impeachment process that could ultimately lead to Hon. Agbebaku’s removal as Speaker, asserting that “despite pretending to be at home with Governor Monday Okpebholo, his loyalty is still with the PDP.”
DAILY POST recalls that the state APC leadership had, on Tuesday, 18 March 2025, written a letter to the Speaker, Hon. Blessing Agbebaku, notifying him of the party’s majority status in the Assembly.
Agbebaku, who read the letter from the APC, confirmed that the party had attained majority status in the Assembly following the defection of the four opposition members.
