Ondo’s First Female Speaker, Deputy Impeached
Hon. Jumoke Akindele
The first female Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mrs Jumoke Akindele and her Deputy, Mr Fatai Olotu have been impeached.
They were reportedly impeached on Tuesday, 8th of March by 18 of the 26 lawmakers in the house.
Subsequently, Iroju Ogundeji from Odigbo local government was elected as Speaker while Ayo Arowele from Owo local government as the Deputy speaker.
It was gathered that the impeachment exercise was done at one of the lawmakers quarters in Akure metropolis at about 10pm, yesterday.
The notice showed that the Speaker was impeached as a result of incompetence, high handedness, drunkenness, easy virtue, lack of focus, arrogance, lack of transparency and poor leadership.
Find below the notice of impeachment with appended signatures of the lawmakers.
Source: Dailypost
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