The speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Hon. Edoror has bowed to pressure to swear in a member of the house representing Estako West 11 constituency, Sylvanus Eruagua.
Appeal court had given Hon Edoror 72 hours to appear in court for contempt, failure to swearing Hon. Eruaga as the duly elected member representing estate West 11 constituency.
Eruaga has been dealing with the problem for months after being declared at the election tribunal as the legitimate winner of the election.
Rumour has it that the governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole swore not to allow the Hon. in as it would be disgraceful to allow a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to representing his constituency, under All Progressives Congress.
Hon. Eruaga while speaking with NAIJA CENTER NEWS yesterday confirmed the rumour that the governor was behind the delay. He categorically quoted the speaker as saying that he should settle with the governor if he wanted to be sworn in.
Eruaga said: “It is a very terrible situation, on the 19th of December, I won and the INEC received a directive to give me a certificate of return, and withdraw that of the man who lost. Three months after, I have not been sworn in, i have exhausted all avenue. The speaker started by saying that they were preparing for my swearing in, they wrote to the governor to approve the funds for the swearing in, they have to dress the preparation. I waited for about a month, there was nothing.
“When i was now pressing him, he said my certificate of return, there is a petition from my constituency that it was forged. What kind of type of child game is that? How can i win election petition both in the tribunal and in the appeal court go and forge a certificate of INEC?
“Even when they confirmed the authenticity in Abuja, they could not swear me in, they went to file a case in the same appeal court asking the court to reverse my judgement that it was wrongly given. After three months, the appeal court was angry and struck the case as they cannot turn the appeal court to a toilet.
“This time around, the man has no excuse again, he has nothing to say. My constituency has not been represented. The budget has been approved and there is no one representing the governor’s constituency. Which offence did i commit? Because i am a member of the PDP and there is APC government in the state.
“I have to go back to the same appeal court to ask them to mandate the speaker to swear me in compulsorily which they have told the speaker but he refused. Today, the court finally gave on the 7th as the last day for the speaker and the rest of them to appear for refusing to swear me in or face jail.
“Speaking concerning who is responsible for his woes, Eruaga said “The speaker once told me at a particular time that i should go and settle with the governor, and that he has nothing against him. He confessed that the governor directed him not to swear me in or he will fire him. After sometimes, i had to believe the speaker because he does not really have anything against him, they just deliberately refused to swear me in.
Mr Eruaga warned the governor that people that live in glass houses should not throw stone. He reminded the governor that there would be another day as power is not permanent.
Speaker Edoror fear jail, calls Hon. Eruaga to be sworn in today
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