Lawmakers of the Ondo State House of Assembly have suspended their Speaker Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele. Akindele was sanctioned by 14 out of the 26 lawmakers over alleged N15million fraud. Reports say that the speaker as other principal officers, including the Deputy speaker, majority leader and others were also sent packing by the legislators.

The aggrieved lawmakers have also appointed an acting Speaker, Mr. Malachi Coker, from Ilaje constituency II, while Hon. Ayodele Arowole from Owo state constituency I was picked as his deputy.

Also, Hon. Olamide George from Akure north State constituency has been appointed as the Majority eader. The suspension followed an incident, where the house paymaster was allegedly caught by members of the assembly with the sum of N15million at the premises of the Assembly. When confronted, the paymaster said he was acting on the instruction of the suspended speaker, Princess Jumoke Akindele, who ordered him to bring the money to her residence.

The house which eventually sat at about 5pm moved that the leadership under Akindele had failed, as the lawmakers were not aware of the approval of the said sum.

Meanwhile, members of the North-West geopolitical zone have thrown their support behindPresident Buhari’s government and advised Nigerians to support President Buhari’s second term in office Speaking to journalists after a caucus meeting on Wednesday, January 25, leader of the North-west House of Reps, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, said President Buhari has achieved a lot, particularly in the area of security and deserves to be voted for in 2019.

Posted on 28/01/17