BREAKING: Nigerian Deputy Governor at Brink of Impeachment as Court Makes Major Decision

• The Oyo State House Assembly is to proceed with its move to impeach the deputy governor, Rauf Olaniyan
• A state high court on Thursday, July 14, ruled that the Assembly's procedure to remove Olaniyan from office is constitutional
• The verdict was read during a hearing presided over by Justice Ladiran Akintola in the morning of Thursday

Oyo - The move by Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan of Oyo to get the state's high court to stop his impeachment has met a dead end.

This is as Justice Ladiran Akintola in a ruling on Thursday, July 14, dismissed a case filed by Olaniyan over the State House of Assembly's procedure.

In the ruling read by Justice Akintola, the court held that the lawmakers and all the defendants have not erred on the procedures taken, The Nation reports

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The court added that the originating summons filed by the claimant was purely legislative procedure and not judicial in line with the Nigerian constitution.

Deputy governor approaches court over plot to impeach him

Earlier, Olaniyan had approached an Oyo High Court to stop the process instituted by the House of Assembly against him.

Twenty-four out of the 32 members of the State House of Assembly had, in a petition, accused the deputy governor of gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office on official duty, insubordination and other offences.

This process, according to petitioners, was in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in 2011 Section 188.

Investigation revealed, however, that the deputy governor had responded to all the allegations raised in the petition through his legal counsel.

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Recall that Legit.ng reported that Oyo State House of Assembly had begun an impeachment process against Olaniyan.

Olaniyan recently defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC). After his defection, the ruling party in the state had asked him to resign or be ready to be removed.

The petition was signed by PDP lawmakers in the state. Twenty-four out of the 32 members of the House signed the petition against Olaniyan which was read during plenary on Wednesday.

Source: Legit.ng