Western House of Assembly Members Struggle to Escape a Riot in the Government House
When the Chamber met on Friday 25 May 1962 to discuss a motion of confidence in the new government, clashes immediately broke out between members. Chief Odebiyi – Finance Minister and Speaker of the House of Representatives – was about to table the first business motion of the day when Mr EO Oke, Member of Parliament for Ogbomosho Southwest, jumped up, raised an alarm and threw a chair on the floor of the chamber. Mr F. Ebubedike, a member of Badagry East, grabbed the mace and smashed it on the speaker’s table. Mr. S.A. Adeniya, a member…