: Kogi state house of assembly has lifted the ban on the Suspended eight assembly members and two council chairmen.
The lifting of the ban followed the clearance by the DSS which was sent by Governor Yahaya Bello in a correspondence to the assembly and read by the speaker Prince Mathew Kolawole at plenary.
The lawmakers include, Daniya Rayin, Bassa constituency, Murktar Bajeh, Okehi constituency, Kilani Olumo, Ijumu constituency, Moses Akande Ogori-Magongo constituency, Mohammed Lawi Ahmed Okene one constituency, Atule Igbunu, Ibaji constituency, Suleiman Attajachi Musa, idah and Aderonke Aro, Yagba West constituency.
While the cleared council chairmen include, Moses Olorunleke, Kabba-Bunu and William Ikoojo, Ibaji.
Reading the correspondence from the governor, the speaker Prince Mathew Kolawole said the lawmakers and council chairmen where not indicted.
In the meantime the speaker Prince Mathew Kolawole, has directed the clerk of the house to invite two former commissioners and the former Auditor General for screening.
The screening nominees include, Asiwaju Idris Asiru, Salami Momoh Ozigi and Yakubu Okala.
The speaker gave the directive following a correspondence forwarded by Governor Yahaya Bello to the assembly asking the house to clear the nominees after their participaton in the state governorship primaries.