An outcry for the immediate arrest of the Bayelsa state speaker has gone out from the opposition party in Bayelsa state alleging that the speaker committed gross crimes against the state.
Speaker, Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson
Bayelsa State chapter of the All Progressives Congress, has called on the police to immediately arrest and prosecute the Speaker of the Bayelsa State House of Assembly, Kombowei Benson, for disobeying Appeal Court ruling nullifying his election.
While condemning the Peoples Democratic Party-dominated state House of Assembly for allegedly aiding and abetting illegality within its fold, it said the actions of the speaker amounted to contempt.
The APC noted that it was “undemocratic and dishonourable” for the House to have allowed its Speaker, Mr. Kombowei Benson, whose election was nullified by the Court of Appeal, to remain in office, 40 days after the court’s ruling.
The APC, in a statement by its Publicity Secretary, Mr. Panebi Fortune, said it was irresponsible, ironical and unacceptable for a law-making House to treat the sacred pronouncement of the third arm of government with disdain.
The party said it took public outcries and efforts of whistle blowers, including the legal team of the state APC, to unearth the illegality perpetrated in the House.
Vanguard reveals that the party also called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission to investigate the illegal financial dealings of Benson within the period he disobeyed the court order.