The
controversy over official vehicles converted by former Deputy Speaker, Edo
House of Assembly, Elizabeth Ativie continued yesterday as the state police got
a
warrant of arrest from the Benin High Court to effect her arrest over her
refusal to return a Lexus Jeep belonging to the House in her possession.
Currently on
suspension, Ativie has returned three out of the four vehicles in her
possession and promised to return the remaining one which according to her she
already sold.
It was
gathered that police officers attached to the State Criminal Investigation
Department (SCID) were in her Benin residence to arrest her but she was not at
home.
Recently, a
leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Charles Idahosa told journalists
that the party waded into the matter and it has been resolved that the vehicles
be returned until it took a new twist.
The Speaker
of the House, Kabiru Adjoto, had insisted that the vehicle be returned but said
the law should take its course. When contacted yesterday, the former Deputy
Speaker could not be reached as her phone was switched off.
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