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Blessing Agbebaku has resigned as Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly following internal pressure and impeachment threats. Yekini Idiaye has been appointed as his successor to lead the assembly.
Why it matters
The leadership change reflects ongoing political instability and power struggles within Nigerian state legislatures, impacting regional governance.
The Speaker of the Edo State House of Assembly, Blessing Agbebaku, has resigned.
Agbebaku’s media aide, Ivy Ebojele, confirmed his resignation on Monday, August 17, 2026.
Agbebaku stepped down after lawmakers plotted to impeach him.
Ebojele said details of Agbebaku’s resignation would be made public later.
Agbebaku, who represents Owan West Constituency, was elected Speaker of the Eighth Assembly in June 2023.
His leadership came under intense pressure in May 2024 after he suspended three lawmakers over an alleged plot to impeach him and other principal officers of the Assembly.
Member representing Akoko-Edo Constituency 1, Yekini Idiaye, has emerged the new Speaker.
Idiaye emerged under the arrangement that when the governor comes from the Edo Central Senatorial District, the Speaker must come from the Edo North Senatorial District.
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