The 11 elected All Progressives Congress members of the 6th Kogi State House of Assembly have issued a 24-hour ultimatum to reverse the imposition of leadership on the House by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. The members also threatened to appoint a factional Speaker and other leaders for the Assembly.
Spokesman for APC, Hon. Abdulmumini Rabiu Ibrahim, representing Ankpa I constituency, disclosed this while addressing newsmen shortly after Governor Idris Wada inaugurated the 6th Assembly, adding that PDP members of the House had imposed the Speaker without any input from members of the opposition party.
Ibrahim explained that shortly after the governor, his deputy and other dignitaries left the floor of the House, Hon. Friday Sani nominated the Speaker and brought out a long list of officers, noting that when an APC member raised his hand for observation, the PDP ignored him.
He stated that when APC members were not allowed to make any contributions to the nomination process, the 11 members walked out of the Assembly complex, stressing that there was no Speaker for the Assembly yet as far as APC members were concerned.
He said even though they don’t have a preferred candidate, the PDP legislators should have allowed them to participate in the nomination process of leadership of the Assembly.
He lamented that the PDP has not the spirit of changed as it has continued to perpetrate illegality and impunity, which he stated, would not be allowed in the 6th Assembly.
The spokesman pointed out that the APC lawmakers would resist all attempts to impose leaders on them. The APC members had therefore boycotted the nomination of the immediate past Speaker of the House, Momoh Jimoh Lawal.
