The Peoples Democratic Party in Osun State has rejected the
composition of the committee set up by the state House of Assembly to consider
the petition filed by Justice Folahanmi Oloyede against the Governor, Rauf
Aregbesola.
The constitution of the committee followed a formal response
to the petition by Mr. Aregbesola as requested by the House of Assembly.
The judge had alleged in her petition that the governor had
mismanaged state funds, thus plunging the state into a financial chaos. She
also called on the House of Assembly to proceed on impeaching the governor
based on her allegations.
The spokesperson for the PDP, Diran Odeyemi, however on
Thursday faulted the membership of the committee as it did not include any
member of the opposition party.
“The lawmakers were not clever enough by deliberately leaving
out members of the opposition in the house out of the committee,” Mr. Diran
said.
He alleged that the APC dominated house was acting the script
prepared by Mr. Aregbesola and the lawmakers were in the second stage of their
plans.
He said, “Osun APC lawmakers are now at the second stage of
their script. The first stage was to write Aregbesola to defend himself, the
second stage would be to invite him and the petitioner.
“At the third stage, Aregbesola will be called to come and
play to the gallery in defence. They will then rubbish the petition and
recommend the petitioner for disciplinary action and removal as judge.”
Mr. Diran noted that the lawmakers lacked the courage to deal
with the issues raised by the petitioners, and had exposed themselves as
puppets and mere rubber stamps in the hands of the governor with the
composition of the probe committee.
“While we implore APC lawmakers to have it at the back of
their minds that they will forever remain in the wrong side of history for
helping the enemy of Osun people plot way out of trap he has arrogantly walked
into, PDP also reminds the lawmakers that the same petition they are about to
gloss over is with EFCC, ICPC, Transparency International and other national
and international agencies, who are expecting thorough investigation from the
lawmakers,” he said
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