Fresh rumpus at Akwa Ibom House of Assembly, 11 members suspended
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but the ntuen group is also accusing the pdp member luke of carrying out illegalities by suspending him and four other members1 the akwa ibom state house of assembly faced a fresh rumpus this morning split down the middle between apc and pdp legislators and two men who claimed to be the legitimate speakers1 there are 26 members of the assembly1 luke also convened last week monday and suspended ntuen along with four other members1 other members suspended by ntuen are udo kerian akpan felicia bassey nse essien lawrence udofia usoro akpanusoh ime okon friday iwok asuquo archibong mark esset emmanuel ekpenyong aniekan uko till further notice1 ntuen also dissolved all standing committees constituted illegally by the former speaker and adjourned till next week tuesday 4 december1 the pdp on its twitter handle accused former governor godswill akpabio for masterminding the crisis which caused the transfer of former police commissioner bassey abang a charge repeated by governor udom emmanuel who came to the assembly to disrupt proceedings of the ntuen faction1 governor emmanuel is now accusing the new commissioner musa kimo of partisanship1 kimo reported for work last week and had replaced another commissioner accused of the same offence1 the pdp claimed that ntuen aided by thugs and the police stormed the house today to sit1 today a faction led by nse ntuen a member of the apc who was purportedly elected speaker last week held a session and suspended 11 members with former speaker onofiok luke top of the list.1 on monday the new police commissioner kimo condemned the crisis rocking the house of assembly during a meeting with 20 political parties in the state1 kimo described the crisis as ugly and worrisome1 at a press conference governor emmanuel claimed akwa ibom state is under siege and has called for the redeployment of the commissioner of police1 emmanuel claimed musa kimo is threatening the peace of the state by aiding the five sacked lawmakers to take over the state house of assembly1 he said democracy in the state is being threatened and called on the cp to be removed from the state immediately1 he said the government had received intelligence report of the plan of the sacked lawmakers to take over the house of assembly and the plans were executed supervised by the police1 gov udom further stated that the same police that he used state resources to equip is today fighting the state adding that several petitions to president buhari and the igp about the activities of the police and the sacked lawmakers have been ignored1 he said the security problems initiated by the sacked lawmakers was designed to prevent elections from holding in the state1 he warned that if elections were not held in the state as scheduled then elections would not hold on a later date1 it remains to be seen what pdp speaker lukes next move will be before tuesday 4 december1