The Oyo state House of Assembly Monday impeached the deputy governor, Rauf Olaniyan, at its plenary.
Olaniyan was found guilty of all the allegations leveled against him following the reports of a seven-man panel constituted by the state Chief Judge, Munta Abimbola.
The chief judge had Thursday constituted the panel to investigate the allegations leveled against the deputy governor by the lawmakers.
The panel was said to have begun its sitting immediately and worked all through the weekend.
The House Majority Leader, Sanjo Adedoyin, read the panel’s reports at the plenary.
The lawmakers, after considering the panel’s recommendations, pronounced the impeachment of the deputy governor and that it should take immediate effect.
The House had in June directed Justice Abimbola to constitute a panel to investigate Mr Olaniyan.
It served the deputy governor with a notice of impeachment over allegations of gross misconduct, abuse of office, and financial recklessness, among others, following his defection from PDP to APC.
Abimbola Fashanu, Mr Olaniyan’s lawyer, had jointly taken the state House of Assembly, the Speaker, Adebo Ogundoyin and the Clerk of the House to court over the impeachment move by the lawmakers.
He said: “We appeal for an order of injunction restraining the respondents from enforcing or implementing the judgment on Thursday.
“This is pending the determination of the appeal lodged against the said judgment.
“It’s expedient that an order of injunction be granted so that the outcome of the appeal will not be rendered nugatory.”
Mr Fashanu stated the need for Nigerians to respect the court processes, being the fundamental principles of the rule of law.
“It is no longer news that His Lordship went ahead to constitute the panel despite the clear notice of pending appeal and application for stay of execution,” he said.
