The Edo State House Of Assembly has removed Hon Natasha Osawaru Irobosa of the the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) as minority leader.
DAILY GIST recalls that Natasha is the new lover of legendary Nigerian singer, Innocent Idibia popularly known as 2Baba.
She was removed alongside Charity Aiguobarueghian, Majority Leader. However. Hon. Blessing Agbebaku and Maria Edeko, who are also members of the PDP still retained their positions as the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker respectively.
The assembly also removed Hon Yekini Idaiye, PDP, as Chief Whip of the house.
The leadership changes come in the wake of a letter submitted by the acting All Progressives Congress (APC) chairman, Jarret Tenebe, to the assembly.
The APC gained the majority status in the House after four PDP lawmakers defected to the APC, prompting the reshuffle.
Speaker of the House who announced the change in the principal positions said they were replaced with Hon Ibhamawu Jonathan Aigbokhan, APC, Esan West as Majority Leader, Hon Addeh Emakhu Isibor, APC, Esan North-East I, and Hon Lecky Hussein Mustapha, APC, Etsako West I as Majority Leader, Deputy Leader and Chief Whip respectively.
He said PDP leadership in the state would also bring its list of nominees of principal officers to the House.
Agbebaku added that his position as the Speaker and that of the Deputy Speaker were not certain in the leadership change of the House.
