Less than 24 hours after her purported suspension, the embattled
speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Mrs. Jumoke Akindele
declared that she was still the speaker of the Assembly.
Akindele was on Friday
suspended by 14 members of the House following alleged financial
misappropriation while Mr. Malachi Coker from Ilaje Constituency 1 was
appointed as the acting speaker.
The deputy speaker and majority leader of the House, Mr. Fatai
Olotu and Mr. Henry Akinsoyinu respectively were also suspended for the
same offence while Mr. Ayodele Arowele representing Owo Constituency 1
and Olamide George from Akure North Constituency were appointed as the
deputy speaker and majority leader respectively.
The paymaster of the Assembly, was caught with a “Ghana Must Go”
bag loaded with N15million at the Assembly premises saying he was
allegedly instructed by the speaker to take the money to her residence.
In a statement issued on Saturday
by the chairman house committee on information, Mr. Siji Akindiose, the
speaker described the purported suspension as an exercise in
futility. She said members needed not less than 18 members to carry out
any lawful change in the leadership of the Assembly.
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