Some members of the Oyo State House of Assembly have
initiated an impeachment process against the state Deputy Governor, Rauf
Olaniyan.
The members made this known via a petition brought to the
Assembly plenary on Wednesday.
The Assembly was presided by the Speaker of the Assembly,
Adebo Ogundoyin.
Recall that Olaniyan has moved from Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Some members of the Assembly have, however, petitioned the
house over what they described as gross misconduct.
The petition was signed by twenty-four, 24 members out of
the 32 members of the Assembly.
The 24 lawmakers in the petition said the failure of the
Deputy Governor to respond to the allegations will lead to impeachment.
The petition titled “Petition and notice of an allegation of
the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan”, was
read by the Clerk of the House, Yetunde Awe.
Sone of the allegations levied against the Deputy Governor
includes; gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness,
abandonment of office, official duty and insubordination and other offences.
The lawmakers who signed the petition explained that their
action was in line with the provision of the constitution.
They said, “Consequent upon listed below, we the under
listed elected Honourable members of the 9th assembly hereby allege the Deputy
Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency Eng. Rauf Olaniyan with the following
allegations:
“Gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness,
abandonment of office, official duty ani Insubordination and other offences.
“This is in accordance to the Constitution of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria as amended in 2011. Section 188”.
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