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The Ondo state House of Assembly has again reinstated their position on the current impeachment process against the state deputy governor, Lucky Orimisan Ayedatiwa.
In a letter written by counsel to the Assembly, Femi Emmanuel Emodamori and made available to the press stated that “Our Client, the Ondo state House of Assembly, has brought some distorted news story stating that it had “suspended” the impeachment of the state deputy governor, to our attention.
“The House reaffirmed that it has not “suspended” the impeachment process as inaccurately reported, and will carry same through to a logical conclusion in order to determine the veracity or otherwise of the monumental allegations of gross misconduct against the deputy governor.
“Impeachment is a constitutional process clearly outlined in section 188 (1)-(11) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended), and our client has meticulously complied with all the stages leading up to the obligation placed on the State Chief Judge to set up a 7-man panel to investigate the allegations, as stipulated in Section 188(5) of the Constitution.”
It added that the notice of allegations of gross misconduct was signed by 11 members of the House and presented to its speaker on 20th September, 2023 in strict compliance with Section 188(2) of the Constitution, which requires at least one-third of the 26 House members to sign and present the notice to the Speaker. That is the first stage in an impeachment process.
The speaker in turn served the notice on the deputy governor on 25th September, 2023, and also caused same to be served on all the other members of the House, in strict compliance with the same Section 188(2) of the Constitution which requires him to do so within seven days. That was the second stage.
