By Rauf Yusuf
The Deputy Governor of Oyo state, Rauf Olaniyan, is in trouble as the state legislature has set in motion a machinery to impeach him.
This follows a petition written against him and signed by twenty-four members of the State House of Assembly.
The petition signalled the commencement of impeachment proceeding against the deputy governor, who recently defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The 5-point petition and notice of allegation against the deputy governor was read at plenary on Wednesday by the Speaker of the Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin.
Allegations raised against the deputy governor are gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office/official duty, insubordination and other offences.
Ogundoyin said a letter of notice will be served on the deputy governor, after which he will be given seven days to respond to the allegations.
“We are going to give him seven days to respond to the allegations, thereafter, we will swing into the next line of action,” he added.
The Speaker directed the Clerk of the House, Mrs Yetunde Awe to write the deputy governor mandating him to respond to the allegations within seven days.
OLaniyan has had a frosty relationship with Governor Seyi Makinde.
He accused the governor of sidelining him in running the state.
He defected to the APC last month, saying his defection won’t affect his position as deputy governor.
