The Ogun State House of Assembly on Tuesday after
nine months of closure reconvened and declared the sittings of a
faction of the House, popularly tagged the G-9, as illegal and reversed
all the resolutions reached by the group.
A group of nine lawmakers loyal to the immediate past governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, led by Soyemi Coker, at its sitting on September 6, 2010 impeached the Speaker of the House, Mr. Tunji Egbetokun, and suspended 14 others.
The Inspector General of Police, on the heels of the crisis generated by the action of the nine lawmakers, directed the closure of the assembly complex for five months until the complex was opened for sittings of the G-9 members amid tight security.
The members of the House, also at the sitting, presided over by Egbetokun, on Tuesday laid to rest the mystery behind the improvised Mace purportedly used by the G-9 lawmakers as it discovered that the Coker’s “mace” was produced from bamboo.
Egbetokun, who was led into the sitting of the House by the Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Tajudeen Olasehinde, asked the Sergeant to identify the authentic Mace of the House.
Olasehinde, who had held the position since the past 18 years, during interrogation by members of the House admitted that the Mace used at the sitting was the authentic one used by Egbetokun and his predecessors in office, adding that he never carried the improvised Mace during the sitting of the G-9 lawmakers, led by Coker.
The Sergeant-at-Arms, while defending his role in the crisis in the House said, “I only led a Speaker to the House during their last Wednesday valedictory sitting but I never carried any Mace. I only discovered that the Mace will be on the crest during the sittings.”
Olasehinde who said he acted under the directive of the Clerk of the House, Mr. Demola Badejo, said, “As a civil servant, I must obey order.”
He was also able to establish before the House that eight lawmakers sat on the floor of the House on September 6, and that a member of the House, Fasiu Bakenne, never sat with the others but was coerced at the Governor’s office to sign the statement issued in the governor’s office.
Badejo also defended himself in the crisis.
The House also at the sitting of the lawmakers approved the state governor, Senator Ibikunle, Amosun’s pronouncement that the Ijebu Ode International Stadium be named after the late Otunba Dipo Dina.
By Francis Falola Courtesy Of: Punch
A group of nine lawmakers loyal to the immediate past governor of the state, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, led by Soyemi Coker, at its sitting on September 6, 2010 impeached the Speaker of the House, Mr. Tunji Egbetokun, and suspended 14 others.
The Inspector General of Police, on the heels of the crisis generated by the action of the nine lawmakers, directed the closure of the assembly complex for five months until the complex was opened for sittings of the G-9 members amid tight security.
The members of the House, also at the sitting, presided over by Egbetokun, on Tuesday laid to rest the mystery behind the improvised Mace purportedly used by the G-9 lawmakers as it discovered that the Coker’s “mace” was produced from bamboo.
Egbetokun, who was led into the sitting of the House by the Sergeant-at-Arms, Mr. Tajudeen Olasehinde, asked the Sergeant to identify the authentic Mace of the House.
Olasehinde, who had held the position since the past 18 years, during interrogation by members of the House admitted that the Mace used at the sitting was the authentic one used by Egbetokun and his predecessors in office, adding that he never carried the improvised Mace during the sitting of the G-9 lawmakers, led by Coker.
The Sergeant-at-Arms, while defending his role in the crisis in the House said, “I only led a Speaker to the House during their last Wednesday valedictory sitting but I never carried any Mace. I only discovered that the Mace will be on the crest during the sittings.”
Olasehinde who said he acted under the directive of the Clerk of the House, Mr. Demola Badejo, said, “As a civil servant, I must obey order.”
He was also able to establish before the House that eight lawmakers sat on the floor of the House on September 6, and that a member of the House, Fasiu Bakenne, never sat with the others but was coerced at the Governor’s office to sign the statement issued in the governor’s office.
Badejo also defended himself in the crisis.
The House also at the sitting of the lawmakers approved the state governor, Senator Ibikunle, Amosun’s pronouncement that the Ijebu Ode International Stadium be named after the late Otunba Dipo Dina.
By Francis Falola Courtesy Of: Punch
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