"RE-IPOKIA LG BOSS REMOVAL; AMOSUN SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE MATTER, DONT INTIMIDATE THE LEGISLATURE".

PRESS RELEASE: "RE-IPOKIA LG BOSS REMOVAL; AMOSUN SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE MATTER, DONT INTIMIDATE THE LEGISLATURE".

That the Chairman of Ipokia Local Government Council of Ogun State has been suspended by 12 Councillors in the legislative arm of the Council for "Gross Misconduct" and abuse of office is no more news. What is baffling the minds of everyone following the trend is the conspicuous silence of the state government over the allegations leveled against the erring LG Chairman Isiaka Wale Aderohunmu.

Instead of the Ogun State Commissioner for Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, Rt. Hon Muyiwa Oladapo who himself (unfortunately) was a Speaker of House of Assembly in the state to be bullying threatening to arrest and harassing the Councillors of the Council Area, what is expected of him is to rather call for thorough "probe" into the actions that led into the legislative "sledge hammer" used on Aderohunmu.

We really want to hear from the LG Commissioner IF the Ipokia Legislative Arms did anything unexpected or against the law. We want to know IF truly the LG boss is guilty for “His failure to abide by the Resolution of the House in returning the sum of over Five Million naira to the local government which accrued from hiring out the bulldozer."
Hon. Muyiwa Oladapo should shed more lights on the alleged ”mismanagement of properties of the council" and lastly Hon Commissioner for LG/CA should look into Aderohumun's alleged failure "to appear before the House on five different occasions when he was invited”.

Although fortunately for the LG boss, through the genuine intervention of some key stakeholders in the Local Government Area which includes Elders, all political appointees in Amosun's government from Ipokia LG held a peace-talk meeting with the 12 Councillors and the Chairman himself, with some resolutions by all the parties present. Some of the immediate demands by the Legislative Arm of Ipokia Local Government are;

1, that the 5million naira public fund in his possession be returned to government cover.

2, that the Chairman guard his loins and appear before the house next week to answer charges leveled against him in previous invitations he has turned down.

3, that the chairman tenders a public apology for making a mess of legislative process. After which they (councillors) will consider the possibility of reversing the suspension.

It is our opinion that, despite the magnanimity shown by the Councillors, the state department saddled with Local Government activities should go further in do the needful by defending the good people of Ipokia Local Government.

Signed;
The Akinlade Group (TAG)