There’s serious confusion in Abia State House of Assembly as the Labour Party which doesn’t have the majority in the Assembly have taken the Speakership and majority leadership positions in a House that’s dominated by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
In the midst of the chaos, the Lawmaker representing Aba Central State Constituency Hon Emmanuel Emeruwa was elected the Speaker in the presence of the Governor, Dr. Alex Otti.
Emeruwa a former Executive Chairman of Aba South Local Government Area defected from the PDP to the Labour Party after losing the Primaries.
He subsequently won the 2023 House of Assembly election for Aba Central State Constituency.
Emeruwa is a first timer in the House and was nominated by Hon Ucheonye Stephen representing Aba South State Constituency.
However, a big drama ensured when the Clerk of the House, Johnpedro Irokansi refused to accept nominations from PDP members for the position of speaker.
Not only was the House rule jettisoned by the Clerk of the House, the PDP which has the majority of the members was denied the position of the majority Leader which is meant for the party with the highest number of lawmakers in the House.
JOURNALIST101 learnt that PDP has 11 members while the Labour Party has 10 and the other parties have 3 members in the House.
