The Edo State House of Assembly has passed a resolution suspending for two months all the chairmen and vice chairmen of the state’s 18 local government councils.
The house also mandated the legislative arms’ leaders to take over their respective councils’ leadership.
The suspension of the council’s chairmen and their deputies followed a motion moved by Isibor Adeh, the member representing Esan North East one, and seconded by Donald Okogbe, the member representing Akoko-Edo two.
The governor of the state, Senator Monday Okpebholo had written a petition to the House over the refusal of the chairmen to submit financial records of their local government to the state government.
In the letter, the governor who described their action as an act of insubordination and gross misconduct, requested the House to look into the matter.
When the matter came up for debate, 14 members voted in favour of the motion for their suspension, six opposed the motion while three members did not participate in the voting.
The speaker of the House, Blessing Agbebaku, had earlier told the members that all of them must speak on the matter.
After they had all spoken, the speaker directed the clerk of the House, Yahaya Omogbai, to do a head count of the members who supported or opposed the suspension of the council’s chairmen and their deputies.