Edo Election: AGF Orders IGP To Provide Security For 17 Lawmakers

The Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami has ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu to provide security for the 17 anti-Obaseki members of the Edo Assembly.

The order was given in a letter dated August 5 based on a petition to his office by Idahosa-West Chambers.

Malami explained that the security measure is necessary to prevent breakdown of law and order.

The 17 lawmakers supporting All Progressives Congress (APC) gubernatorial candidate, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, have been locked in a battle to access the Edo Assembly complex on Ring Road, Benin with seven lawmakers loyal to Governor Godwin Obaseki.