Attack on Members of ONNA Legislative Council: Council Boss deny involvement

Attack on Members of ONNA Legislative Council: Council Boss deny involvement

- Says mischief makers on the prowl

The ONNA LG Boss, Hon. Imoh Attat has debunked rumours linking him to the attack on Councilors of his Legislative Council in the council chambers today.

Speaking with this reporter, he said that the executive arm has enjoyed a robust working relationship with the legislature since the inception of the administration, and as such can’t involve in any unlawful action that can severe such productive relationship.

He stated that councillors had been misinformed by someone he is yet to know that he collected 17M instead of 8M naira as allocation accrued to the local government for the month of March, and has also collected several entitlements on behalf the councillors without remitting same.

Attat said further that Councilors on receiving this information surreptitiously hatched plots of his impeachment after he was invited to balance information rightly as it was.

He stated that the attack on some Councilors is also a concoction by those orchestrating the peddled smear campaign of his pilfering funds due to the legislators, who are also in a coup to oust him from office by all means.

“How can one sent thugs on people he has enjoyed a robust relationship with?.

“I believe this action is one of those actions conscripted by the agents of our LGA, who wants to paint a picture that is not real”

He added that the councilors like himself has right to any information about the local government from the appropriate quarters, urging them to verify informations before consuming it.

Speaking on the condition of anonymity, one of the councilors in the legislative council confirm the submissions of the chairman.

He stated that there has been serious misinformation in  the legislative  council  against the Chairman.

He stated further that he doesn’t know what would have warranted thugs to invade the council beating councilors, who scampered for their lives.

He blamed the misinformation to be the reason there is segregation between the legislature and the executive.

According to him, the Chairman has maintained an all-inclusive leadership in the local government, emphasizing that he doubts the allegation of the Chairman’s sponsorship of the thugs.

This reporter gathered from other sources that the problem is unconnected to councilors being fed with lies that the Chairman is not tendering correct allocations to the legislature.

It is of this believe that the councilors demanded for better impress, and security votes of which the Chairman lacks the powers to make increments.

When this reporter met the Leader of the council, who sustained wounds on his hand and back, he declined comment, citing lack of strength as reasons.