The Osun State House
of Assembly is divided
over the composition
of an ad hoc committee
to investigate the
allegations of financial
recklessness levelled
against Governor Rauf Aregbesola by Justice Folahanmi
Oloyede.

Oloyede, a serving judge in Osun State Judiciary, had written
a petition to the House against the governor asking the
lawmakers to impeach him based on the allegations
contained in her petition.

The Speaker of the House, Mr. Najeem Salaam, on Thursday
inaugurated a seven-man committee headed by the Deputy
Speaker, Mr. Akintunde Adegboye. He stated that they had
two weeks to investigate the matters and report back to the
House.

Although the ruling All Progressives Congress has 24
lawmakers out of the 26 members in the House, none of the
two Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers was included in
the committee.

When asked why the House excluded lawmakers from the
opposition party in the committee, the Speaker explained
that the House of Assembly was one as there was no division
among the legislators along party lines.

The Speaker said that it would be necessary for the
petitioner and the governor to appear before the committee
which would sit in camera.

He expressed the confidence that the committee would do a
thorough job and send their report to the House where
every lawmaker would have an opportunity to comment on
their findings.

He said, “I acknowledge that the whole world is waiting for
what we have to do with the petition forwarded to us by
Justice Folahanmi Oloyede. I must disclose to you that
Governor Rauf Aregbesola has obliged us his response to
the petition and we have constituted a committee to look
into the matter with a view to investigating the allegations
levelled against him and I am confident that the honourable
men in this committee would do justice to the matter before
them without fear or favour.

“The House stands as one; there is no opposition in the
House. We are one, we see ourselves as one.

“The two of them – the judge and the governor – will be
invited separately. Some of them can employ the services of
lawyers but their physical appearance will be necessary.
This
will allow them to give evidence to back up their positions if
they have any.”

But the Minority Leader, Mr. Oladejo Makinde, a PDP
member, who represents Ife Central at the House, kicked
against the exclusion of the members of the PDP from the
committee.

While speaking with journalists after the inauguration of the
committee, Makinde said he disagreed with the explanation
of the Speaker, saying there was no way the ‘lopsided
committee’ would be transparent against Aregbesola who is
also from the ruling party.

Source: http://www.punchng.com/news/assembly-constitutes-panel-to-probe-aregbesola/

Cc: lalasticlala

band of noise makers!

Let Aregbe be probed, confiscated, bottled and jailed if found guilty of corrupt practices.

What if bailout funds weren't released, i wonder what would have been the fate of osun people by now