The Ogun House of Assembly on Tuesday ratified the impeachment of Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo1) as the speaker with all 22 member’s present at plenary voted in support of the impeachment.
At the plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Bolanle Ajayi (APC-Yewa South) , Mr Musefiu Lamidi (APC-Ado Odo Ota 11), read the report of the committee set up by the House on Monday to investigate the allegations leveled against Oluomo.
Ogun Assembly members
Lamidi noted that the committee made it clear to the former speaker that the committee was not on witch-hunting mission but for fair hearing on allegations leveled against him.
” The speaker said some of the committee members does not have the right to be a member of the committee to investigate him since they were among the 18 members who originally signed the impeachment notice.
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” Having observed that the committee turned down his request, he walked out on the committee to avoid responding to further questions from the committee.
” The committee observed that the attitude of the speaker shows that he has no regards for the committee and by extension the house of Assembly.
” His attitude is a clear admittance of the allegations contained in the impeachment notice served on him
which includes financial impropriety, high handedness and lack of focus among others,” he said.
Lamidi, however, said that the committee found him guilty of all allegations leveled against him and consequently recommended that he should be impeached.
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Lamidi, thereafter moved the motion for the adoption of the report which was seconded by Oluseun Adesanya (PDP-Ijebu North East).
The deputy speaker threw the resolution back to the house which the 22 members in attendance affirmed the removal of Oluomo as the speaker through the majority vote.
” With the majority vote of 22 members, I hereby confirmed that Oluomo stand Impeached and removed as the speaker of the Ogun House of Assembly,” she said.
Mr Adegoke Adeyanju (APC-Yewa North 1), thereafter, nominated Oludaisi Elemide (APC-Odeda) as new speaker and seconded by Adeniran Ademola (APC-Sagamu11).
Oludaisi Elemide,Newly elected Speaker
