Ogun State House of Assembly, yesterday, ratified the impeachment of Olakunle Oluomo (APC-Ifo I) as the Speaker with all the 22 members present at plenary voted in support of the impeachment.
At the plenary, presided over by the Deputy Speaker, Bolanle Ajayi (APC-Yewa South), the lawmaker, Musefiu Lamidi (APC-Ado Odo Ota II), read the report of the committee set up by the House to investigate the allegations levelled against the embattled Speaker Oluomo.
Lamidi said that the committee made it clear to the former Speaker that it was not on a witch-hunting mission but for a fair hearing on allegations levelled against him.
Lamidi, however, said that the committee found him guilty of all the allegations levelled against him and consequently recommended that he should be impeached.
He, thereafter, moved the motion for the adoption of the report, which was seconded by Oluseun Adesanya (PDP-Ijebu North-East).
The Deputy Speaker threw the resolution back to the House, and the 22 members in attendance affirmed the removal of Oluomo as the Speaker through the majority vote.
She said: “With the majority vote of 22 members, I hereby confirm that Oluomo stands impeached and removed as the Speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly.”
Adegoke Adeyanju (APC-Yewa North I), thereafter, nominated Oludaisi Elemide (APC-Odeda) as the new Speaker and was seconded by Adeniran Ademola (APC-Sagamu II).
Elemide took the oath of office and was officially sworn in to replace the impeached Speaker.
The new Speaker promised an all-inclusive leadership, urging members to see themselves as one and work in unity for the progress of the state.
Earlier, the Deputy Speaker had read a letter of impeachment notice served Oluomo, which was signed by 25 members out of the 26 House of Assembly members.
Oluomo was impeached on January 23, 2024, by 18 out of the 26 members of the Assembly during the plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker.
