Reports coming in from Edo State indicates that the ongoing crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly is far from over.
Despite the court order on Wednesday, the suspended lawmakers said that they would be at the Edo State House of Assembly premises on Monday when the house is billed to sit again.
Meanwhile, 37 persons have been remanded in prison custody after being arraigned at a Benin High Court on Wednesday on suspicion of causing mayhem during the protests by supporters of both factions.
The Commissioner of Police, Folusho Adebanjo, said that dangerous weapons were found with them and urged youths to resist being used to wreck havoc in the state.
After over 13 hours of meeting on Wednesday, the Edo State House of Assembly had convened a meeting at about 6:30pm in which they presented the court order to the suspended members and they responded that they were yet to be served.
Subsequently the House Committee Chairman on Information, Adjoto Kabiru, briefed the press on the outcome.
The PDP lawmakers, in a parallel briefing, insisted, however, that they would be present at the Edo State House of Assembly on Monday despite the court order.
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