Illegal Suspension: Etsako East LG Councillors Backs Chairman

Adibe Emenyonu in Benin City

In a show of solidarity, the 10 legislators in Etsako East Local Government Council, led by Speaker, Solomon Oghuma and others, have denied rumours of impeachment of the council chairman, Hon (Princess) Benedicta Attoh.

According to the lawmakers,  no amount of intimidation or enticement will persuade them to turn their back on a caring chairman who prioritises human welfare. 

The councillors noted that despite the purported suspension of Edo State’s Local Government Chairman, Etsako East is at peace.

They vowed to resist any   external pressure to impeach the chairman, adding: “We want our chairman to be reinstated so she can continue to serve humanity,” they said.

The councilors, who took their turn to speak one after the other during a solidarity visit to the Chairman in her residence in Okpekpe, warned against truncating democracy in the state as they assured the chairman of their continuous loyalty and support even as they prayed for her return to the office. 

They described her as a mother, a role model, and an effective chairman who has made a difference in the lives of Councillors and the general public through her human welfare packages and passionate support for humanity.

“Etsako East has never had a listening Chairman like this before. We are proud to have you as chairman”, they say. 

While thanking PDP leaders and the councillors for their solidarity visit to her home, Hon  Attoh, expressed gratitude for their unusual display of love.

“There is no leader without followers. A leader is only a leader when they have followers” she said.

According to her, Etsako East is one local Government Council where both the councillors, the supervisors, civil servants and others have worked together as a team and one big family without friction.

She said: “We never envisaged that a day like this will come but here we are. The Governor of Edo State is our father, and the father of everyone in the state, regardless of political affiliation. I have never offended him or done anything wrong. 

“As a father of the state we can only appeal to him to allow us continue our service to the masses. We are ready to work with him to achieve his goals and support him as chairmen. There is indeed no need to cause tension and widen disunity across the state.

“Everyone knows him to be a peaceful person and we have no doubt that he will have a second thought and reinstate the unlawfully suspended chairmen. God is the only one that has final power and we all look up to the same God for our daily help.”