Ondo Speaker, 3 others risk jail term over contempt of court
The Speaker of the Ondo state House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Bamidele Oleyeloogun and three others would on December 17 this year be arraigned in court for contempt of court. This followed the service of form 49 (contempt of court committal) by the Ondo state High Court on them over their failure to obey the court’s order to reinstate four suspended lawmakers of the Assembly. Others served by the court include the Clerk Bode Adeyelu, Parliamentary Secretary, Hon Abayomi Akinruntan and the Deputy-Majority leader, Hon Oladiji Adesanmi. Recall that the Court presided over by Justice Ademola Bola had ordered the
The Jostle For Ondo Speakership Race: Who The Cap Fits
By Folarin Adesola With the pendulum of the Nigerian intricate power calculus swinging in favour of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo state, following its landslide victory in the March 9, 2019, House of Assembly polls, the question as to who would emerge as presiding officers and leaders of the Ondo State House of Assembly remain a matter of grave importance. Intrigues, subterfuge, political horse trading, backstabbing are almost at breaking points. The scrambling has just begun, and yet tension is gathering momentum. The Legislative arm is the epicentre of our democracy. The position is currently being occupied
