Oluomo was impeached for alleged embezzlement of funds,
high handedness and related offences.
Kunle Oluomo has been impeached as the Speaker of the Ogun
State House of Assembly.
Eighteen of the 26 members of State Assembly voted for
Oluomo’s impeachment at plenary session on Tuesday.
Oluomo was impeached for alleged embezzlement of funds,
high handedness and related offences.
The Assembly immediately elected a member, Oludaisi Elemide,
as the new Speaker.
Scene of the Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday, January
23, 2024 Giving his maiden speech after the impeachment, the new speaker asked
for calm among member.
He said that the impeachment was not targeted against the
governor of the state Dapo Abiodun as being speculated in some quarters.
He said that the development is within the constitutional
rights of the members to elect those lead them in the House.
The House later adjourned plenary for two weeks, with the new
speaker in possession of the maze, the symbol of authority of the House.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had on
September 6, 2022, arraigned Oluomo before a Federal High Court sitting in
Lagos over an alleged N2.475bn money laundering.
Oluomo was arraigned alongside three others: Oladapo Samuel,
Adeyemo Taiwo, and Adeyanju Nimota Amoke (now at large) on 11 counts of
conspiracy, forgery, stealing, and money laundering preferred against them by
the EFCC.
The EFCC’s prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) had told
the court that the defendants committed the alleged offences between 2019 and
2022.
He said that the incident took place in Ogun State.
Oyedepo told the court that they stole the sum of
N2.475bn from the treasury of the Ogun State House of Assembly.
Oluomo was, however, granted bail while the trial continues.
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