Gboyega Aribisogan, speaker of the house of assembly in
Ekiti state, has been impeached.
Aribisogan was removed from his position and suspended
indefinitely on Monday after 17 of the 25 members of the assembly voted in
favour of his sack.
Thereafter, the lawmakers elected Olubunmi Adelugba as the
new speaker.
The development comes hours after Aribisogan accused Kayode
Fayemi, the immediate past governor of the state, of masterminding a plot to
impeach him.
He said Fayemi was colluding with seven lawmakers of the
state assembly to impeach him.
On November 15, Aribisogan, who represents Ikole
constituency 1, was elected as the new speaker of the assembly.
He replaced Funminiyi Afuye, the previous speaker, who died
in October after he reportedly suffered a cardiac arrest.
Twenty-four hours after he was sworn in, the police laid
siege on the assembly complex over claims that some persons were planning to
attack the lawmakers.
The assembly was subsequently shut down as a result of the
development.
In an interview with Channels Television on Sunday, Aribisogan
said he has appealed to Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), to
speak with the police command in Ekiti to reopen the assembly.
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