Edo State House of Assembly has named Jonathan Aigbokhan (APC–Esan West) as the new Majority Leader, following the emergence of All Progressives Congress (APC) as the majority party in the House.
Recall APC notified the Assembly of its new majority status and indicated that changes in the House leadership would be announced in due course.
APC currently holds 13 seats after four lawmakers defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Labour Party (LP), reducing PDP’s seats to 11.
During yesterday’s plenary session in Benin, the Speaker, Blessing Agbebaku, read a letter from the APC leadership nominating new principal officers.
According to the letter, Aigbokhan was appointed as the new Majority Leader, Addeh Isibor as Deputy Majority Leader and Mustapha Lecky as Chief Whip.
