The Speaker of Edo House of Assembly, Mr. Francis Okiye, has rubbished reports that Gov. Godwin Obaseki is the brain behind the crisis rocking the state house of assembly.
Mr. Francis revealed this as he reacted to a claim by the previous Secretary to the state government, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, that Obaseki‘s failure to handle the assembly proclamation triggered the crisis in APC.
According to Okiye, the governor did all he could to stop the crisis that was bestowed on the party by some political gladiators and he can't be blamed.
He added that there is a power control quest going on in the state currently.
His words, “For the record, the debilitating controversy that has engulfed the polity and the state APC actually predated the proclamation by the governor for the inauguration of the seventh assembly.
“If not, our brothers who are today victims of power control quest would not have waited for an alternative proclamation after the office that is constitutionally saddled has done so.
“It was a wrong move.
“It is important to make clear that the problem that created this avoidable crisis was as a result of some persons wanting to dictate the political affairs of the state at the expence of the governor.”