The Speaker of the Ogun House of Assembly, Olakunle Oluomo has been impeached by 18 lawmakers out of 26 member assembly, during plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Bolanle Ajayi.
The Assembly equally elected Oludaisi Elemide, who is currently representing Odeda State Constituency at the Assembly, as the new Speaker.
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Platforms Africa reports that Adegoke Adeyanju, an APC lawmaker, representing Yewa North 1 State Constituency moved the motion for Oluomo’s impeachment, while it was seconded by another APC lawmaker, Ademola Adeniran, who is representing Sagamu II State Constituency.
Why we struck
Soneye Kayode, the lawmaker representing Obafemi Owode constituency, has spoken on the chain of events that led to the impeachment of Olakunle Oluomo as the speaker of the Ogun state house of assembly.
Speaking with journalists after the rancorous plenary, Kayode said members of the assembly did not want to elect Oluomo as speaker, but the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) felt that he should become speaker because of his experience.
The lawmaker accused Oluomo of embezzling monies meant for state lawmakers.
“The situation is that Oluomo will go everywhere; he will come to us as members and tell us that the governor has not approved any money… that we should manage things,” he said.
“We kept managing. We later found out that the governor had been giving us money. He takes a memo to the governor and gets money, but siphoned our money.”
Kayode said the impeachment of Oluomo has nothing to do with Dapo Abiodun, the governor of the state, adding that the governor does not interfere with the affairs of the legislature.
The lawmaker asked Oluomo to focus on his trial over alleged money laundering.
Speaking to newsmen after his election as the new Speaker, Elemide explained that the people of the state should expect the best from him.
He said, “we are law abiding legislators. We want the world to know that there has been change in leadership.
“18 members signed for me to be the Speaker. People should remain calm. We are in custody of all the authority of the House. We are saying that the new leadership will support the governor.
He clarified that Governor Dapo Abiodun knows nothing about the impeachment.
