14 absentee lawmakers will face sedition, treason charges soon- Obaseki
The Edo state Governor, Godwin Obaseki, on Wednesday, said his administration was preparing to charge 14 absentee lawmakers with sedition and treason.
This is just as he announced that the courts will decide the fate of the 14 members-elect of the State House of Assembly, whose seats were declared vacant.
The seats of the 14 members-elect were in December 2019 declared vacant by the House, led by former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Francis Okiye, following their absence from legislative duties for the mandatory 181 days.
Obaseki spoke in response to various appeals for clemency for erring Assembly members-elect during an interactive session with stakeholders from Nigeria Labour Congress, Trade Union Congress and other civil society groups.
The Governor said, “Some characters said they sent congratulatory letters to me and put in all kinds of conditions”.
“For us as a government, we are open. There is nothing that we are hiding and this is why we have to kill anything that links us to godfatherism. We have killed it at the national level and need to kill it locally as it is everywhere. I urge you to please be activists for good, peace and development”.
He called for support from all stakeholders to move the state forward.
