The Oyo State High Court has restrained the state’s House of Assembly from impeaching the deputy governor, Raufu Olaniyan.
The Assembly is billed to read Olaniyan’s reply to their allegation this morning
The Court adjourned the case till Tuesday, July 5, 2022, for the continuation of the hearing.
This was to allow the Assembly to file its reply to that of Olaniyan.
Director of Legal Services, Olabanji represented the Assembly, while Chief Afolabi Fashanu, SAN, led Olaniyan’s legal team.
OduNews gathered that the state’s Assembly is billed to read Olaniyan’s reply to their allegation this morning.
Olaniyan had recently dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressives Congress (APC).
After that, 24 out of the 32 members of the State House of Assembly had in a petition accused the deputy governor of “gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office, official duty, insubordination and other offences.”
The petition read: “This process, according to petitioners, is by the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in 2011. Section 188.”
