24 Oyo lawmakers sign petition, move impeachment of deputy governor over alleged abuse of office

Some lawmakers in the Oyo State House of Assembly have instituted the impeachment process of the Deputy Governor of the state, Rauf Olaniyan.

This was made known by the members via a petition forwarded to the Assembly on Wednesday.

It was gathered that the Speaker of the Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin, presided over the Assembly plenary.

The Informant247 recalls that the Deputy Governor has defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

Some lawmakers in the Assembly have submitted a petition to the Assembly over what they described as gross misconduct.

The petition has the signatures of twenty-four, 24 lawmakers out of the 32 in the Assembly.

The concerned lawmakers who signed the petition have made a vow that the failure of the number two citizen of the state to honor and respond to the content of the petition will trigger his impeachment.

The Clerk of the House, Yetunde Awe, read the petition titled “Petition and notice of an allegation of the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan”, to the house.

Allegations leveled against the Deputy Governor included but not limited to; gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office, official duty and insubordination.

The lawmakers said, “Consequent upon listed below, we the under listed elected Honourable members of the 9th assembly hereby allege the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency Eng. Rauf Olaniyan with the following allegations:

“Gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office, official duty ani Insubordination and other offences.

“This is in accordance to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in 2011. Section 188”.