Ogun House of Assembly inaugurates committee to investigate impeached Speaker

Tue, Jan 30, 2024
By editor
2 MIN READ

Politics

THE Ogun House of Assembly on Monday inaugurated an eight-man committee to examine the response by former Speaker Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo I) to allegations leveled against him before his impeachment.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Oluomo was impeached by 18 of the House’s 26 lawmakers during plenary on Tuesday.

The committee was set up at plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Mrs Bolanle Ajayi (APC-Yewa South), after she informed the lawmakers of Oluomo’s response.

NAN reports that the lawmakers had listed against him various offences, including gross misconduct bothering on highhandedness, lack of focus and transparency, financial misappropriation, among others.

Meeting for the first time after the impeachment saga, the House led by the Deputy Speaker deliberated on the former Speaker’s response.

Ajayi who presided over plenary during the impeachment advised that Oluomo should step aside pending the outcome of the report of the committee set up to look into the matter.

The House thereafter went ahead to constitute the committee which has Musefiu Lamidi (APC -Ado Odo/Ota II) as Chairman.

The committee also has Oluseun Adesanya as Vice-Chairman, with Babatunde Tella (APC-Abeokuta North), Damilola Soneye (APC-Obafemi Owode) and Lukman Adeleye (PDP-Odogbolu) as other members.

Other members of the committee are Fola Salami (APC-Ifo II) and Olusegun Odunuga (APC-Ijebu North II).

The House’s Director of Legislative Services, Mr. Temitope Hokon, will serve as Secretary.(NAN)

T.S

-January 30, 2024 @ 6:21 GMT|

Tags:


Reps minority caucus commiserates with stampede victims

THE Minority Caucus of the House of Representatives has urged the government, at all levels, to take targeted actions to...

Read More
2025 budget will bridge infrastructure deficit – Tinubu

PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu on Monday said that the borrowing envisaged in the 2025 budget was targeted at providing critical infrastructure....

Read More
Yahaya Bello threatens to sue online media over alleged comment against Tinubu

FORMER Gov. Yahaya Bello of Kogi has threatened to sue persons behind an online media, Daily Excessive, over alleged fake...

Read More