The Oyo State House of Assembly has levelled five allegations against Deputy Governor Rauf Olaniyan.
Twenty-four lawmakers signed the petition which was read during plenary yesterday.
According to the petition, allegations against the deputy governor include gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office and official duty and insubordination, and other offences. It was read by the Clerk, Yetunde Awe.
The Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin, said the petition meets the two-third requirement to initiate the process. He added that the House would give the deputy governor seven days to respond, failure of which can lead to the start of impeachment his move.
The seven days takes immediate effect and will elapse on June 22. The House thereafter adjourned till today.
The ‘Petition and Notice of Allegations of the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Rauf Olaniyan’, reads: “Consequent upon the listed below, we the under listed elected honourable members of the ninth assembly hereby allege Mr. Rauf Olaniyan with the following allegations -gross misconduct; abuse of office; financial recklessness; abandonment of official duty; insubordination and other offences.
“This is in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in 2011, Section 188.”