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Suspended Edo assembly lawmakers hired herbalist to plant charms in complex, says speaker
Blessing Agbebaku, speaker of the Edo state house of
assembly, says the three lawmakers suspended during plenary on Monday engaged
in “nefarious acts”.
On May 6, the speaker announced the suspension of Donald
Okogbe (PDP Akoko-Edo II), Bright Iyamu (PDP Orihonmwon south), and Adeh Isibor
(PDP Esan north-east I).
Okogbe, one of the suspended lawmakers, is an ally of Philip
Shaibu, former deputy governor of Edo. He was the only lawmaker who did not
sign the petition that led to Shaibu’s impeachment.
Agbebaku accused the lawmakers of attempts to change the
leadership of the house through diabolical and other means.