Further information on the events leading to the impeachment of Hon. Kunle Oluomo, the speaker of the Ogun State House of Assembly, has come to light.
It was reported that Oluomo was impeached on Tuesday, with Hon Oludaisi Elemide appointed as the new Speaker in his place.
Oluomo had also been battling allegations ranging from financial fraud to poor leadership of the state Assembly.
Clarifying the situation further, Hon. Soneye Damilola Kayode of the Obafemi Owode Constituency claimed Oluomo had made up the claim that the governor, Dapo Abiodun, was not providing funding to the House.
Kayode said members found out that the Speaker was not informing them that the governor had been giving them money.
According to him, Oluomo embezzled the money given to him by the governor for the lawmakers.
He added that Oluomo kept inciting members against each other.
“We never wanted him, but the leadership of the party thought he was a former Speaker, so we should allow him to continue as a Speaker. We all agreed as faithful party persons.
“Now the situation is: Oluomo will go everywhere; he will come to us as members and tell us the governor has not approved for us any money, the governor has not given us any money, and that we should manage.
“We keep managing. We later found out that the governor had been giving us money. He takes a memo to the governor, the governor gives him money, and he comes back to tell us he did not give him any money.
“Let me give you a good example of this: the quarters allowance. When we came back, the governor gave us money for renovation. Oluomo took the remaining one and embezzled it.
“Now, 18 of us came together and said we cannot be the same. How can we manage our future? He keeps inciting members against each other. This is so bad we cannot take it any more.
“We have now changed the leadership of the House. The House is now under the leadership of Hon Elemide and we remain the same. He (Oluomo) should go and clear his name with the EFCC.”
