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The Edo State House of Assembly has lifted the suspension of Emmanuel Okoduwa and Kingsley Ehigiamusoe.
Since June, the Edo lawmakers have been holding parallel sittings at the separate venues.
The House was divided after the suspension of three PDP members of the House and the deputy speaker, who is a member of the APC. They were accused of gross misconduct.
Three of the suspended lawmakers defected from the APC to the PDP before they were suspended. The lawmakers dismissed the allegations and insisted that they would continue to attend plenaries. They claimed that the House did not follow due process in suspending them.
However, the suspension over Emmanuel Okoduwa and Kingsley Ehigiamusoe was lifted after the two PDP lawmakers decided to join the fifteen APC lawmakers, who have been sitting in the old assembly chambers in the Edo State Government House premises.
Emmanuel Okoduwa and Kingsley Ehigiamusoe, were elected on the platform of the PDP and had been sitting with seven others at the Edo state House of Assembly complex at the Kingsquare in Benin city.
Edo State Factional Lawmakers Reach Peace Agreement
Meanwhile, the two factions on Wednesday reached an agreement to end the six-month long crisis after a plenary where both groups were represented, leaders of the factions told reporters that they arrived at the decision in the spirit of Christmas.
They blamed the crisis on external motivation and said they decided to resolve their differences in the interest of the people.
Sitting as one, the lawmakers voted against the Local Government Autonomy Law.
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