The embattled Speaker of Ogun State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olakunle Oluomo may lose his seat as members of the Assembly are collating signatures to impeach him, we can reliably gathered.
Recall that, the Speaker was arrested by officials of the EFCC at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Wednesday morning and secretly flown to Abuja, and was released on Friday evening on administrative bail.
He was said to have been on the wanted list of the commission following his failure to honour the EFCC’s invitation several times.
Oluomo and others (yet to be named) were accused of forging signatures and financial documents belonging to the state Assembly.
The political career of the Speaker seems to be in jeopardy as some lawmakers have begun appending their signatures to process the impeachment move of the embattled speaker.
Some lawmakers who spoke with our reporter on condition of anonymity for fear of attack or lobby by the executive said they are impeaching Oluomo on a 13-count charge.
The leader of the aggrieved lawmakers who spoke with us on the telephone said Oluomo misled the House and allegedly forged members’ signatures to perpetrate fraud.
According to the lawmaker, the 13-count charge borders on falsification/tampering with the House Standing Order.
He claimed that the Speaker in connivance with the Clerk, allegedly falsified the current Standing Order of the House before the commencement of the 9th Assembly, to favour his election as the Speaker and disqualified others to contest, amongst other contents.
Other allegations are; “Falsification of Financial Autonomy Bill after passage; S.7(4) of Ogun State Legislative Funds Management Bill, was falsified for personal/selfish grounds. After the passage on the floor of the House, he falsified the contents in his favor before sending a clean copy to the Government for assent. The section was about his Approval Limit as Speaker. He also deleted the section that required quarterly accountability of the Finances of the House’s funds.
