. OSUN State House of Assembly
has denied receiving any petition against Governor Rauf Aregbesola for alleged
financial mismanagement prior to the one sent by the state’s serving judge,
Justice Folahanmi Oloyede.
Its Speaker, Najeem Salaam, said
this at a plenary in response to the claim by the spokesman of the Civil
Coalition for Emancipation of Osun State, Mr. Seun Adeoye, on Channels
Television’s Sunrise Daily.
Adeoye claimed that its group
sent a petition to the house earlier and was not treated.
Salaam said there was no record
showing that any petition was sent before Oloyede’s own, saying some other
petitions came in form of letters only after the one sent by the judge.
He said: “It is unfortunate that
some people are fond of name
calling, as claimed that some other
petitions have been sent to the house before the one sent by Justice Oloyede.
“It is a blatant lie that any
petition had been sent earlier. We have the record of what we are doing in the
house. The first petition we received on this issue was the one sent by the
judge.
“Though, all others have been
following, but their prayers are almost the same. Must we continue to treat
petitions alone when we have several other things to do, especially when the
contents of those petitions are the same?
“For that reason, I want to
implore the people to be careful and say things the way they are, rather than
scoring cheap political points”, he said.
Salaam added that the judge’s
petition was treated with fairness, in line with the mandate given to the state
legislature.
He stressed that the Assembly
would continue to follow the path of justice in line with the mandate and
responsibilities of the legislative arm of government.
Justice Oloyede sent a petition
to the Assembly calling for the impeachment of the governor and his deputy,
Mrs. Titilayo Laoye-Tomori.
Credit: Nation
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