Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon. Jumoke Akindele and her deputy, Hon. Fatai Olotu were late Tuesday night impeached by some members of the Assembly.
An Assembly source said that the exercise was carried out by 18 out of 26 legislators that constituted the Assembly. The Assembly has 21 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members while the rival All Progressives Congress (APC) has five.
The impeachment was said to have been carried out around 10.30pm in a residence of one of the aggrieved lawmakers.
The letter containing the signatures of the 18 lawmakers that carried out the exercise was scanned and sent to journalists at about 11.00pm.
The lawmakers have also elected Hon. Iroju Ogundeji from Odigbo Local Government as Speaker and Hon. Ayo Arowele from Owo Local Government as the Deputy Speaker.
Though, no reasons was cited for the action of the lawmaker but sources within the Assembly said that the lawmakers impeached the principal officers because they have failed to fight for their interests with the state Governor Olusegun Mimiko
The source alleged that the Principal Officers had become the stooge of the governor.
The source said the lawmakers are being owed three months salaries. No official cars had been provided for the lawmakers while some of them have no living quarters.
“I will talk to you later. The Speaker has been impeached. But I can’t give you the whole gist. We will talk tomorrow,” was the terse reaction from one of the lawmakers whom we contacted for confirmation last night.
