... Speaker, clerk put on notice

A new twist has been introduced to the impeachment move initiated by the Oyo State House of Assembly against the deputy governor of the state, Alhaji Rauf Olaniyan, as he has dragged the lawmakers to the state High Court, with a view to putting the process on hold.

The case came up before Justice Ladiran Akintola at High Court 7, Ring Road, Ibadan today (Tuesday), and has been adjourned till tomorrow (Wednesday). The deputy governor was represented in court by his legal counsel, Chief Afolabi Fashanu, SAN.

Adjourning the case, the court ordered that the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, and the clerk be put on notice about the litigation. As gathered, the duo have been served the court processes this afternoon.

The impeachment move was initiated after the deputy governor, a retired permanent secretary, dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state for the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) as a result of purported frosty relationship between him and the governor, Seyi Makinde.
The letter that initiated the impeachment move was dated June 9, 2022, and was received same day in the Office of the Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin. It was entitled: ‘Petition and Notice of Allegations of the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency Engineer Rauf Olaniyan.’

The letter surfaced barely two weeks after Olaniyan dumped PDP for APC. In the petition read during the plenary, the 24 lawmakers levelled five allegations against Olaniyan, bordering on gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office and official duty, and insubordination and other offences.

The Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin, in his reaction after the letter was read, had noted that the petition met the two-third requirements to initiate the impeachment process against the deputy governor. He said the lawmakers would give the deputy governor a seven-day ‘grace period’ to respond to the allegations, which would end on Wednesday June 22.

He, however, warned that failure to respond to the allegations within seven days could lead to the commencement of impeachment move.
The petition read in part: ”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, Insubordination and other offences. This is in accordance to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in 2011. Section 188.”

But the deputy governor responded to the allegations within four days after receipt of the query from the lawmakers. His response was said to have been sent by his legal counsel.
The spokesman of the assembly, Kazeem Olayanju, confirmed that the Assembly had received the response of Olaniyan when he featured on a radio programme in Ibadan on Thursday June 23, adding that Olaniyan’s response would be read at the plenary that would hold tomorrow (Wednesday), before the litigation came up today.

https://www.sunnewsonline.com/impeachment-oyo-deputy-gov-sues-house-of-assembly/

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Counter attack

Kendo1990:
Agbado

Ijaye

IMPEACH HIM FAST TRAITOR

Saga

Just wasting his time and money. He's already a gonner!

Noted.

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K

To hasten up d process...at least they want to impeach dis one for defecting ....kogi state deputy governor was not paid his allowances by the governor the man protested and yahaya Bello asked the house to impeach him.... useless governor

Better they impeache him
Pdp to Apc
Rung move

All these Deputies can't be trusted

This is long overdue

Neh

You cannot fight or destroy the Bridge you are standing on.

Impeachment is a waste of time & a double punishment

Let him finish his fake tenure

He may be disgrace as APC disgraced SEN.KOLA BALOGUN by shouting & calling him thief/ole publicly

I hope he (DEPUTY) didn't watch d video

Who have d video should send to him ?

Yup fully in support let him sue, he has the political right to defect to any party.

Okay

All our nigerian deplorable, read what your fuhrer, Trump was doing enroute coup plotting

He needs at least 12 of the assembly members to be on his side otherwise he would be impeached this can only delay the impeachment.

However wetin Seyi do this man no good.

Just a figure head

He wants to fight dirty too..

Let's see how it goes.

He will eventually be forced to leave and the court will later reinstate him...Na so e go be

It's a dead case.......I am sympathetic to his cause but he will go.

Kendo1990:
From the way things are going on in this country, I suspect atiku will even vote for Obi.

You people should leave Atiku alone

Abi una wan run mad

make dis my brother resign in peace

Good

Ajlee54321:
IMPEACH HIM FAST TRAITOR

If he's impeached he won't be able to get deputy governor retirement benefit?