But for police intervention, the Kwara State House of Assembly would have turned hot bed of chaos, Wednesday as the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) member-elect, Hon Abdulraheem Agboola, and his sympathizers stormed the complex to challenge his non-swearing in by the Speaker, in spite of a court ruling.
Hon. Agboola reportedly blocked the main gate of Kwara Assembly complex following his inability to enter the house of assembly in Ilorin.
It took the intervention of the state police command who prevented the development from degenerating to chaos as the aggrieved member-elect and his supporters were eventually prevailed upon to allow the house to sit.
The Kwara State House of Assembly has continued to recognise a lawmaker of the All Progressives Congress, Abdulazeez Hassan Oluwanilo, as a member of the Assembly despite a court order sacking him from the legislature.
A Court of Appeal in December 2019 declared Agboola as the winner of the Ilorin South constituency election, thereby nullifying victory of Oluwanilo. The court had ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission to issue a Certificate of Return to Abdulraheem Agboola of the Peoples Democratic Party.
The ruling of the apex court made Agboola the only PDP lawmaker in the state's Assembly.
The Speaker, Hon Yakubu Danladi had refused to swear-in Agboola even after securing victory at Appeal Court and collecting Certificate of Return from Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).
The Wednesday event was the third in the successive attempt by Agboola to forcefully claim a mandate that he said he had rightly won.
The Special Assistant on Media to Kwara Assembly Speaker, Sheriff Ibrahim while reacting to the development a few months ago, said there is another court challenging Agboola’s victory.
This development however forced the assembly to postpone swearing-in of All Progressives Congress (APC) member-elect, Adam Rufai to represent Patigi State Constituency in the House.
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