The Director of Public Affairs, Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chris Nehikhare, has accused the Edo State government of always refusing to adhere to court orders.
He said that since the present Governor of the state, Adams Oshiomhole, was inaugurated, there had been issues of court order violations.
Mr Nehikhare accused the Governor of taking control of the Nigerian Police in the state, insisting that Mr Oshiomhole was behind the crisis in the state.
Speaking on Monday, as a guest on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise Daily, Mr Nehikhare stated that the case in the Auchi Court had not been struck out, before the speaker of the State House of Assembly declared the seat of the lawmaker that filed the case vacant.
“There is a valid injunction surrounding it,” he said accusing the state of also being “intolerant”.
He also alleged that the State government was working with thugs to settle issues.
“The Edo State government has consistently used thugs to settle issues. When its convenient they use the police, when its not they use thugs.”
Mr Nehikhare mentioned that his party (PDP) could not prevent the thugs going on rampage because they were not in control of the police.
In the heat of the crisis, a lawmaker that defected to the PDP, Mr Rasaq Momoh, was attacked last week, an incident that the PDP had accused the State governor’s party, the All Progressive Congress, of.
The PDP had taken the case to court, demanding that the suspect should be tried on murder charge and not assault, as currently documented.
The crisis in the state started when some lawmakers that defected to the PDP were suspended by the Speaker of the House of Assembly on allegation of gross misconduct.
There have been allegations also that some persons had the intention of impeaching the Governor, using the defected lawmakers, but Mr Nehikhare denied being aware that some people want the governor impeached.
He further stated that the PDP members that were suspended had adhered to the suspension, contrary to what the claims of the APC lawmakers that had continued to accused the suspended lawmakers of fueling the crisis.
