Ondo Assemble crisis: Impeachment of Ondo Speaker, Deputy irreversible – New Speaker, Olamide George
Olamide George, has insisted that the impeachment exercise carried out
by 18 members of Assembly remains irreversible despite all efforts to
intimidate them.
George stated this during a press conference in Ibadan, the Oyo State
capital, where he spoke on the crisis rocking the Assembly on
Wednesday.
The new Speaker, who led 15 other members, called on the Inspector
General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, to take their petition seriously and
take measures for the protection of lives and property against
hoodlums to avoid chaos in the town.
The 18 lawmakers had on Friday, impeached Hon Bamidele Oloyelogun and
Hon. Ogundeji Iroju, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively.
Oloyelogun and Iroju were impeached over alleged gross misconduct,
financial recklessness, abuse of power and incompetence levelled
against them.
Hon. Olamide George and Hon. Faloju Abimbola were sworn-in as the new
Speaker and deputy respectively.
The new Speaker said that the impeachment was an in-house exercise
which has constitutional backing, saying it was not targeted at
anyone.
George said, "Oloyelogun and Iroju were not only impeached by 18 out
of the 26 members of the assembly but also suspended.
"Two other lawmakers who claimed that their signatures were forged are
not saying the truth, having been induced with monetary benefits."
George, therefore, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to wade into
the matter towards restoring law and order back to the state as it
could affect the party's chances during the coming general election.
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