The New Nigerian People’s Party (NNPP) has requested that Governor Dapo Abiodun and his Deputy, Nomiot Salako-Oyedele, be impeached by the Ogun State Assembly.
The NNPP said on Thursday that it was deeply upset and concerned by Dapo Abiodun’s administration’s “careless attitude” since its beginning.
Abiodun and his deputy, according to the party, should be impeached for leaving the nation at the same time.
Earlier, the opposition party stormed the Assembly Complex in Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, to present its petition to lawmakers.
According to the petition signed by the party’s State Chairman, Olaposi Oginni, the party described Abiodun as an “accidental governor”, saying he was never prepared to govern Ogun State.
The petition titled, “Immediate Impeachment Processes Against Gov Dapo Abiodun And His Deputy”, partly read:
“By the provision of the Act of the Parliament, the Ogun State Chapter of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) is now demanding for the urgent action of IMPEACHMENT NOTICE against Gov. Dapo Abiodun and his Deputy, Engr. Naimot Salako.
“Governor Dapo Abiodun’s and his deputy’s recent abandonment and failure of duty are unforgivable impeachable offenses.
“It is on record that, with the exception of one, all of Gov. Dapo Abiodun’s medical and leisure holiday visits from May 2019 to date were in clear violation of the constitutional provision requiring the delivery of a letter to the Ogun State House of Assembly.
“It’s also on record that the recent trip of Gov Dapo Abiodun violated his oath of office and therefore deserved to be impeached for his failure to transmit a letter to the Ogun state house of assembly and subsequent failure to transmit power to the Deputy Governor to be in charge as an Acting Governor during the time of his absence.”
Olaposi Oginni added that “the executive rascality of unceremoniously making the SSG to act and to direct the affairs of Ogun State is unacceptable because it’s at sharp contradiction to the constitution the government swore to protect.”
He added, “Recognizing the fact that Prince Dapo Abiodun was an accidental Governor who never prepared himself for governance, however, it’s ridiculous that Gov Dapo Abiodun and his aides at intervals rush to a serving Lagos Senator, Adeola Olamilekan Yayi, to take briefs and instructions on how to run Ogun State.
“The Ogun State House of Assembly must help us to find out when and how Ogun State became a Lagos colony under Prince Dapo Abiodun.
“It’s very obvious that Ogun State is presently rudderless. The permanent solution to this mediocrity is for the Ogun State House of Assembly to do the needful as far as this impeachment process is concerned,” Oginni maintained.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner for Information in Ogun, Waheed Odusile, has said the Governor and his Deputy handed over to the Secretary to the State Government, Tokunbo Talabi, before their trip to London.
Odusile said the governor could run the State from his destination in London.
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