By Gabriel Ewepu
ABUJA – THE Chairman of Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, Hon Baro Minabonware, has described his suspension as unconstitutional and oppressive by the Delta State House of Assembly.

Minabonware made the statement in his speech at a press conference held in Abuja on Tuesday, where he claimed that the Delta State House of Assembly did not point out his offences before descending on him with a suspension.

He also added that the State Assembly did not get the constitutional two-third majority to suspend him as enshrined in the constitution, and thereby called for the intervention of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in the State to wade into the matter and for his reinstatement as a democratically elected Chairman of the Local Government Area.

He further explained why the press conference was held in Abuja instead of Asaba, saying 13 lawmakers’ life present with him at the briefing and his were in danger, they were barred from having access to the media in the state, and felt justice might come from the Federal level on his undemocratic suspension on August 4, 2015.

He said: “With a headline that expresses a heavy heart and burdened and really sad heart, I want the world to know that I been oppressed, suppressed and castigated when I should have been acknowledged and celebrated as one who brought peace, succour and hope to our people.

“I state categorically here that my suspension was unconstitutional and oppressive, which there was no two-third majority of councillors who made that move. The 13 councillors out of 20 were invited suspend me, and so the Speaker, Hon Monday Igbuya, could not secure that constitutional demand for my suspension.
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