The embattled deputy governor of Ondo state, Alhaji
Ali Olanusi, who was reported to have been impeached
by the state House of Assembly on Monday, April
27, has maintained that he remains the deputy governor
of the state as recognized by law.
According to Sahara Reporters, Alhaji Olanusi
reacting to the news of his purported impeachment
through his lawyer warned that there is a subsisting court
order that the status quo be maintained in respect of that
office
His lawyer , Oluwole Kayode, explained that the
court order was granted last Thursday, April 23rd,
emphasizing that the order in question renders any
impeachment proceeding against the deputy governor null
and void.
He said: “Another action in respect of the same office
and the impeachment process is pending in court and will
come up on the 7th of May 2015,” he said, noting
that that the hurried nature of the impeachment process is
suspect.
“I think public office holders and people who are put
in position to defend the constitution must be law
abiding,” Mr. Oluwole said. “In the light of this
disobedience to court order and the impunity displayed in
the course of the impeachment proceedings, the Deputy
Governor is on solid ground.”
Alhaji Ali Olanusi, alongside his boss, Governor
Segun Mimiko, had left the Labour Party, on which
platform they were elected, for the PDP.
He fell out of favour with his boss after he defected to
the All Progressives Congress from the Peoples
Democratic Party, two days before the March 28
presidential election.
According to Premium Times, Olanusi was assaulted
by suspected thugs who tried to stop him from entering
the Government House last week apparently due to his
defection to the APC.
www.naij.com/428731-im-still-in-office-impeached-deputy-governor-insists.html

Na by force? Dem say dem no want you.

frodobee:
Na by force? Dem say dem no want you.

Since when did defection amount to impeachment?