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Sunday, 14 February 2016

Yagba West Legislative Council Passes Notice of Impeachment on Vice Chairman

Yagba West Legislative Council
Passes Notice of Impeachment on
Vice Chairman

THE Yagba West Local Government Legislative Council
in Kogi State has passed a notice of impeachment on
the Vice Chairman, Hon Omoniyi Adeyemi, on allegation
of financial impropriety among other alleged offences.
The legislative council passed the notice today,
Thursday 11th February, following a plenary sitting at
the Council Secretariat, followed a motion moved by the
Majority Leader of the Council, Hon. Femi Babalola and
seconded by Hon Oluwafemi Adeyeye.
Councilors, in the motion, alleged that the Vice
Chairman carried out table payment to staff of the
council, while he held sway between May and July 2013
and that proceeds from the payment were not returned
to the council's coffers, an action that they said is
contrary to Nigeria's legal provisions.
It was also alleged that the legislative council
experienced persistent frustration in carrying out their
oversight functions due to the strong arm tactics
employed by Hon Adeyemi.
Part of the letters of the notice reads: "The Council was
denied the right to carry out its statutory oversight
function, especially as regards SURE-P projects which
is a violation of Section 22 (4c) of the Kogi State Local
Government Law."
The Councillors further alleged that the Vice Chairman
occupied the position of an Executive Chairman in an
unconstitutional manner thereby rendering all activities
in his period of leadership as unrecognized by
governance laws of the country, state and Local
Government.
The councilors also contend that the debts allegedly
paid by the Vice Chairman to phony individuals were
illegal and that the claim was used by Hon Adeyemi to
siphon money meant for the development of the
council.
Efforts made by the our reporter to reach the Vice
Chairman to hear his side of the story proved abortive
as his mobile number was either switched off or not
reachable before the story went to Press.