Yekini Emerges New Edo Assembly Speaker, Agbebaku Suspended

BENIN CITY — Hon. E. Yekini, representing Akoko-Edo Constituency I in the Edo State House of Assembly, has emerged as the new Speaker of the House following a leadership shake-up that also saw the suspension of the former Speaker, Rt. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku.

Yekini was elected by a majority of members of the House during plenary in Benin City and was subsequently sworn in by the Clerk of the…