Hiding Ogun Chairman suspended by Seven Councilors Over Allegation of financial mismanagement

Councilors in the Ijebu-East Local Government of Ogun state on Thursday suspended the chairman of the council, Wale Adedayo over series of allegation leveled against him.

Adedayo’s trouble began after he wrote a letter to former Governor of the state, Segun Osoba and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), accusing Governor Dapo Abiodun of diverting local government funds.

Following the allegation, Governor Abiodun had in a statement by his Chief press secretary debunked the allegation.

Members of the ALGON had also apologized to the governor and even prostrated to him to seek forgiveness.

The matter however took a new twist on Thursday when armed men and political thugs reportedly took over the Ijebu East LG secretariat.

Adedayo in a Facebook post said, “invading peaceful Ogbere community with mobile policemen in order to impeach Wale Adedayo is desperation. As I told the SSG yesterday, we took an oath with our fathers that that we’ll make this land better than we met it. You can kill the body, but not the spirit of Wale Adedayo.”

On Thursday, seven councilors in the LG announced the suspension of the Chairman for three months on allegations of maladministration and financial mismanagement.

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The Councilors said the Legislative Council received various allegations that need to be investigated and directed Adedayo to appear at its next sitting on Thursday, September 14, 2023.

According to them, fifteen allegations were levelled against the chairman.

They resolved that “That the Chairman steps aside for the proper conduct of investigations.

“The Council Chairman, Hon. Wale Adedayo, is hereby suspended for three months pending the conclusion of the investigations and therefore directed to handover all the properties of the Council in his possession to the Vice Chairman, who will act as the Chairman during the suspension of the Chairman as provided in the 1999 Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended).

“The Council Chairman is directed to appear before the House on the next sitting of the House on Thursday, September 14, 2023.

“That the Council Treasurer, through the Head of the Local Government Administration (HOLGA) should furnish the financial/bank statement of the Council in the last two years, along with other relevant documents and vouchers as the House may require in order to aid investigations.

“That the above Resolutions be copied to the Governor of Ogun State and the Ogun State House of Assembly.

“The sitting is hereby adjourned to Thursday, September 14, 2023.”