{"id":151868,"date":"2022-02-21T16:41:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T15:41:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=151868"},"modified":"2022-02-21T16:41:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-21T15:41:26","slug":"breaking-ebonyi-assembly-removes-deputy-speaker-declares-his-seat-vacant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/21\/breaking-ebonyi-assembly-removes-deputy-speaker-declares-his-seat-vacant\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Ebonyi Assembly removes Deputy Speaker, declares his seat vacant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Monday, declared the seat of the embattled Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Odefa Obasi Odefa vacant, following his alleged resignation as a member of the House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Other members who were said to have defected from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to the All Progressive Congress, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/02\/21\/breaking-apc-postpones-national-convention-indefinitely\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">APC<\/a>, during plenary were Mr Oliver Osi, representing Ivo State Constituency and Mrs Ngozi Ezilo representing Afikpo North East constituency as their letters were read on the floor of the House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Francis Nwifuru, the duo also resigned their membership of the State House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>But in their successive reactions, the embattled Deputy Speaker who insisted that he remains the Deputy Speaker of the House described the action of the House as \u201cMonkey Child\u2019s Play.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy will I resign? It\u2019s a monkey child\u2019s place. It is only going to be by Recall. I have not participated in any Congress organized by APC. I didn\u2019t resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not belong to the APC. If you represent your people, it\u2019s your people that will decide. No man is God. The House realized that they do not have 2\/3 majority to effect my impeachment and that\u2019s why they alleged that I resigned. That\u2019s what happened. Why will I resign? Is it that am mentally deranged?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid INEC give any other member a certificate of return? It\u2019s now a legal issue. They plan to kill me. They are planning blood she\u2019d. They cannot kill me because they didn\u2019t create me. I chose to be in PDP<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been threatened that I will be kidnapped and not be seen. Everything has to be by the law. Nobody\u2019s life is worth any political position. They lack the power to forge a letter and read it on the floor of the House. I remained the Deputy Speaker of the Ebonyi Assembly. I have written to security agencies over the threat I received after the news of my press conference went viral.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Also, the affected lawmakers, Mr Oliver Osi and Ngozi Ezilo refuted the claim by the House, stressing that they never resigned both from PDP and from the House of Assembly.<\/p>\n<p>Osi said: \u201cAre my daydreaming to resign? It\u2019s not normal. They have denied me my entitlements. My official car and what is meant for my constituents have been denied me. If I am to ever resign from PDP, I have to read the letter by myself and the house will vote in that regard. This is desperation. This is a kind of madness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During the plenary, Mr Kingsley Ikoro, representing Afikpo North West constituency was nominated and sworn in as the new Deputy Speaker of the House.<\/p>\n<p>The House has only 15 Lawmakers from the All Progressive Congress, APC, while 9 Lawmakers are PDP members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Monday, declared the seat of the embattled Deputy Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Odefa Obasi Odefa vacant, following his alleged resignation as a member of the House of Assembly. 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