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Ex-Deputy Speaker’s Ogun Assembly Suspension Magically Vanished By Court’s Wand

  • The suspension of the Ogun Assembly ex-Deputy Speaker has been overturned by a court.

  • Justice O. A. Onafowokan declared that the suspension of the lawmaker was an act of abuse of power.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that an Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta has nullified the suspension of a former Deputy Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Dare Kadiri, describing it as unconstitutional.

In a suit brought before the court, Justice O. A. Onafowokan of the Abeokuta Judicial division, High Court 3, declared that the suspension of the lawmaker was an act of abuse of power and abuse of office on the part of the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, the House of Assembly, and the Clerk of the House. The judge made this ruling while delivering the judgment.

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The court further ordered that all emoluments due to the lawmaker, who represents Ijebu North II State Constituency, be paid immediately by the state House of Assembly.

It will be recalled that the House, in September 2022, suspended Kadiri and one other, Solomon Osho, representing Remo North State Constituency, over allegations bordering on breach of the rights and privileges of the state legislature.

At a plenary presided over by the Speaker at the Assembly Complex, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, the House said the lawmakers were suspended in line with the provisions of sections 14 and 15 of the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act, 2017.

The Speaker claimed during the session that the document containing the suspension of the lawmakers had been signed by the appropriate number of colleague lawmakers; hence it needs no other procedure before implementation.

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However, the House later pardoned and recalled Osho while Kadiri was approached the court to challenge his suspension.

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