Deputy Governor’s Impeachment: Protesters storm Ondo Assembly
Some Protesting youths on Monday stormed the State House of Assembly to drum their support for the activities of the state lawmakers, especially on the impeachment process against the Ondo state deputy governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa over alleged gross misconduct against him.
The protesters who besieged the Ondo State House of Assembly urged the lawmakers to proceed on the impeachment process against the deputy governor and toe the path of justice without submitting to any form of intimidation.
The protesting youths were armed with different placards bearing different inscriptions, such as”Justice must Prevail, House of Assembly must account to the good people of ondo state, Ondo State people are solidly behind you, House of Assembly, do your Job” among several others.
The spokesperson of the protesters, Mr Eke Oluwafunso who described the protesters as the concerned citizens of Ondo, said they were protesting to show their solidarity to the state lawmakers.
Oluwafunso said, “We are here to charge the members of the Ondo State House of Assembly to do their job concerning the recent fracas in the state. Like we all know that the house of assembly members are the lawmakers representing every constituency of this state and their to make laws for the state. We need them to act accordingly and do good stewardship of their works.
“We are charging them to do their jobs as the lawmakers. We want justice as concerned citizens on the state.
“Concerning the impeachment process they started, we heard from the media that some individuals are intimidating them with litigation, we don’t want to them to be intimidated.
“What we need from them is accountability of public funds which they are in charge of. We plead that they do their jobs accordingly. We don’t want any forces to restrain them from doing their jobs.
“The law should take its course. They are the lawmakers and we them to consider the masses that sent them to represent the people, when doing their jobs. We want justice at the end of the day.
“We are not being sponsored by anybody. The court injunction speaks a lot of volume and it is suspicious. Why would the court law stop the house of assembly from doing their job. They are the lawmakers and should be able to account for their stewardship.”
