By Dansu Peter
Kogi State house of Assembly Speaker Ahmed Imam Umar has reportedly resigned, News Punch has learned.
The unconfirmed report suggests that the Speaker was forced to resign at the State Government House, in Lokoja.
The state Assembly according to source said his resignation will be formally announced at the State Assembly tomorrow.
Recall some armed hoodlums invaded the Kogi State House of Assembly yesterday, where the Speaker and other lawmakers narrowly escaped death.
The thugs arrived the venue of the chamber at about 1:40pm chanting, ” what kind of rubbish sitting is this, all of you should vacate this chamber or we kill you.”
The Speaker was whisked out of the chamber, alongside other lawmakers who also scampered for safety through the doors.
Tension heightened as the member representing Igalamela Odolu constituency Friday Sanni who according to sources is their primary target was also whisked from the Assembly but his personal Assistant on Media Identified as Salisu became a victim of attack from the suspected thugs.
Despite an earlier assurance from the Commissioner of Police, Wilson Inaluegu, that the Assembly complex will be safe, and the presence of heavily armed security men from the Nigeria Police, Civil Defence, and Department of State Services, DSS, the thugs took over the chamber just as security men watched helplessly.
No comments