Ondo lawmakers begin process to impeach deputy governor

In an impeachment notice signed by 20 members of the House yesterday and presented before the Speaker, Jumoke Akindele, the lawmakers listed seven allegations of gross misconduct against Olanusi backing up their moves with the provisions of section 188(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
The motion of notice was made on the floor of the House by the Majority Leader Ifedayo Akinsoyinu and seconded by Yinka Banso, chairman House committee on education, science and technology, representing Akoko North West 1.
The lawmakers who urged the  Speaker of the House,  to start the impeachment process immediately listed some of the allegations as follows:
“That Alhaji Ali Olanusi being the holder of the office of the deputy governor, permitted and condoned the perpetration of fraudulent activities in the office of the deputy governor in that  one Alhaji Bola Idris Olanusi, the younger brother and Special Assistant in the office of the deputy governor procured false LPO’s with the knowledge of Alhaji Ali Olanusi and obtained from one Ehiso Resources Limited two trucks of AGO with forged documents and for personal benefits, thereby putting the office of the deputy governor into disrepute.
“That he published false allegations and discredited Governor Olusegun Mimiko during a press release and interview with the Saturday Punch, dated April 18, 2015, portraying Mimiko as a person who aided and abetted crime against humanity in different capacities.
The Deputy Governor was also accused of “absenteeism and truancy by regularly absenting himself from office, place of work and all other official engagements specifically on 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th and 17th of April and Monday 20th of April, 2015 without lawful excuse or authorization.”
The lawmakers also condemned him on the recent fracas between his security aides and some protesting youths in the state , saying he  “caused his security aides to shoot indiscriminately at peaceful protesters along Fiwasaye/Oba Adesida Road in Akure thus creating panic, breakdown of law and order and general sense of insecurity within the state.
They also  accused him of “causing political disaffection and deliberately working at cross purposes with the Governor,” purportedly trying to plot the impeachment of Mimiko immediately after the March 28 elections.
He was also accused of financial mismanagement and malfeasance, “unlawfully enriching himself and/or causing loss to the State Government” the total amount of N39, 289, 310 from 2009 to 2014 allocated for medical bill, under the pretence of travelling “when in actual fact, the said Alhaji Ali Olanusi did not travel on the said specific dates or did not travel at all, or did not expend the approved medical bills as appropriate.”
The lawmakers however said they followed the due process of the law by first writing a notice to the Speaker and later to the Deputy Governor, as clearly spelt out in the constitution.