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Kogi Assembly Shuns Court Order, Refuses To Swear-in PDP Lawmaker
- Reports revealed that Hon. Enefola who had collected his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) on March 1, 2021 is yet to be sworn in by the Speaker of the Assembly, Prince Matthew Kolawole 44 days after the court ruling.
In spite of the court judgment ordering the swearing in of Hon. Daniel Ojata Enefola of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the elected lawmaker representing Ibaji State Constituency, the Kogi State House of Assembly has failed to honour the court ruling.
It can be recalled that Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, 29th January, 2021 ordered the removal of Mr Atule Egbunu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and directed that he be replaced with the candidate of the party with the next highest votes in the December 5, 2020 by-election in the constituency.
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Reports revealed that Hon. Enefola who had collected his certificate of return from the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) on March 1, 2021 is yet to be sworn in by the Speaker of the Assembly, Prince Matthew Kolawole 44 days after the court ruling.
It was gathered that the PDP lawmaker had made several attempts to get to the Speaker for him to perform his legislative duties but his efforts never yielded any positive result.
There are reports that further revealed that the sacked lawmaker from the House, Mr Egbunu has been attending sittings with the other 24 APC lawmakers in the Kogi State House of Assembly.
He (Egbunu) was present on Tuesday, 2nd March, 2021, when the House moved a motion of urgent public importance on the, “Attack On Gov. Yahaya Bello Is An Attack On Nigerian Youths, Senator Eyinnaya Abaribe To Apologize On National TV,” sponsored by the Majority Leader, Bello Hassan Balogun representing Ajaokuta State Constituency.
He was also present in the House sitting of Tuesday, 9th March where the lawmakers screened Secretary nominees from Yagba East and Yagba West Local Government of the State.
When contacted, the Peoples Democratic Party, (PDP) Deputy Publicity Secretary, Comrade Mohammed Kabir described the action of the Assembly as a rape of democracy and a total disregard for the rule of law.
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