There was a mild drama at the National Assembly on Thursday as opposition members of the House of Representatives insisted on the declaration of Fred Agbedi as the Minority Leader of the House.
The lawmakers, who held a meeting at the lobby, said the plenary scheduled for today would not hold unless Agbedi was declared the Minority Leader.
A trending video showed the lawmakers chanting ‘no announcement, no sitting.’
The House is preparing to vote on major constitutional amendments, including the long-anticipated State Police, it was reported.
The protesting members were identified as the G-60 opposition caucus in the House.
Members of the group led by Ikenga Imo-Ugochinyere have endorsed the candidate of Bayelsa State, Fred Agbedi as Minority Leader and Abdusammad Dasuki as Deputy Minority Leader, representing Kebbe-Tambuwal Federal Constituency of Sokoto State.
The lawmakers stormed plenary on Thursday, demanding that the House leadership address the minority leadership position, arguing that failure to do so will put plenary proceedings on hold.
It would be recalled that the race for emergence of a new Minority Leader of the House had taken different turns in recent weeks following the resignation of Kingsley Chinda from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and defection to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Ikenga Ugochinyere, the member representing Ideato North/Ideato South Federal Constituency of Imo State in the House of Representatives, had declared interest to the position of Minority Leader of the House, but his bid suffered constant setbacks.
But a peace deal between the G-60 group and the House leadership resulted in Thursday’s demand that Agbedi be named the new Minority Leader of the House of Representatives.
