The Ondo House of Assembly has sacked the honourable speaker and the deputy over a case of abuse of office.
Princess Olajumoke Akindele
The Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly, Princess Jumoke
Akindele and her Deputy, Alhaji Fatai Oloutu, were late last night
impeached by 20 out of the 26 members of the assembly in what many
described as a “palace coup”, according to the New Telegraph.
This was the second time within a year that the Speaker who
represented Okitipupa State Constituency and her Deputy who represented
Akoko North-East constituency would be facing the wrath of their
colleagues as they were impeached by 18 out of the 26 members of the
assembly in March 2016.
The members who sat at the Assembly complex elected Mr Malachi
Coker representing Ilaje constituency 1as acting Speaker while Ayo
Arowele representing Owo Constituency 11 was elected as the Deputy
Speaker.
This development was coming less than a month to the inauguration
of the administration of Mr Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN), a member of the
Assembly, Otunba Olugbenga Araoyinbo representing Akoko North-West
Constituency 11, told Saturday Telegraph, that members of the assembly
numbering 20 impeached both the Speaker and her deputy yesterday
evening.
The impeachment exercise, it was learnt, was carried out within the
assembly’s premises with the Clerk of the Assembly, Mr. Bode Adeyelu,
present during the sitting.
Among the members who signed the impeachment notice according to
sources in the Assembly included all the five members of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) and 15 out of the 21 members of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
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