7Councillors Impeached Wale Adedayo Over Funds Mismanagement... you're just acting a script in Abeokuta

By Our Correspondent

The councillors of ijebu East Local Government of Ogun State, earlier today,  impeached the suspended Chairman of the local government, Hon. Wale Adedayo,   over  allegations  of financial  misappropriation and diversion of council funds, among other allegations made against him.  

After series of invitations by the House, which were ignored in the past, Adedayo eventually appeared before the legislative council today as the councillors continued their probe of the chairman. 

The suspended Chairman accept allegations before the full house of 11 councilors that he diverted Federal  allocations sent to the Council by the State Government and used them for purposes other  than what the State Government  approved. 

Adedayo also agreed that he spent the Council funds till August  2023, even when the budget was yet to be approved, whereas the laws only allows him to spend till March 2023.

 Adedayo also opened-up that he used N5.2 million to produce 20 pieces of chairs and tables instead of the 290 chairs that the money was meant for as approved by the state government. 

On the issue of illegal levies and  strikers to commercial transport operators in the Local government, Adedayo said he thought the House had passed the Bill to that effect, but the Leader of House reminded him that a bill, if passed by the the House, would have been jointly signed by the Leader of the House and the  Council Chairman.

That the chairman has run foul of the laws of the land, specifically the Ogun State Local Government Laws 2006 and committed  serious impeachable offences was therefore established. 

After  about three hours deliberation, the impeachment of the Chairman was put to votes. Five councilors voted for his impeachment, four voted against, with one abstention

Therefore, the Leader of the House pronounced Mr. Wale Adedayo impeached as the Chairman of Ijebu East LG.

While reacting Wale Adedayo explained that "I told them this morning they were acting a script written by those in Abeokuta. All the documents about the allegations against me are in the office. But I know Mr. Governor is offended that we opened up to the public about how the Federal Allocation belonging to Ijebu East Local Government was being spent. 

"I have done my duty as an Afenifere by letting our Leader know why we have not been able to do much since we got into office. The rest is for the court to decide."