Just In : Group Petitions Nigerian Law School Over Ondo Ex Deputy Speaker
The Integrity Group which is a leading advocacy group has written to the Director General, Nigerian Law School, Bwari, Abuja to complain against the reckless abandon of legislative duties by Honourable Ogundeji Iroju of Ondo State House of Assembly, currently representing Odigbo I Constituency.
The failure of a former Deputy Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly to perform his duties has generated so much crisis in the running of the house.
According to Dr. Dan Obidike and Mr Olaseeni Akinbote who signed the letter, they wonder how he is able to participate in Nigerian Law School, which is a full time program when he is in Ondo State.
Dr Dan Obidike further said, “We are a Public Advocacy Group tasked with the responsibility of ensuring public peace, promotion of democratic values and ensuring that public Institutions and public officials are alive to their core responsibilities.
“We are constrained to bring to your attention the activities of Hon. Ogundeji Iroju- a two-term lawmaker (elected on the platform of the APC) that currently represents Odigbo 1 Constituency in the Ondo State House of Assembly which was proclaimed on the 3rd day of June 2019 by the Executive Governor of Ondo State.
“The self-same Hon. Iroju Ogundeji is also currently a student at the Abuja Campus of the Nigerian Law School.
“It is a well known fact students admitted to the Nigerian Law School are supposed to be physically present full time while we also aware that the membership of the Ondo State House of Assembly is also supposed to be a full-time public assignment.
“The reality is that Hon. Iroju Ogundeji uses proxies to perform his functions at the Nigerian Law School, Abuja while he is on his seat at the Ondo State House of Assembly where he is presently the Deputy Speaker.
