The battle for supremacy between the Chairman of Ikosi-Isheri
Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of Lagos State, western Nigeria, Engineer
Fatai Oyesanya and the councillors in the local government got to a head as the
councillors sacked the chairman.
The councillors also sent a letter to the state House of Assembly
to announce the impeachment of the council chairman.
The lawmakers at the House, however, would not be able to
look into the crisis at the council because they are on a recess and are
expected to resume on 22 September.
The impeachment, according to sources within the council,
took place place on TuesdayImpeachment
19 August 2014, at the council secretariat on Ikosi Road,
Ketu area of the state.
The chairman was impeached following alleged offences
including embezzlement of funds, misappropriation of tax payers’ money,
disruption of public peace, mal-administration and high-handedness.
A councillor, who would not want to be mentioned, disclosed
that all the seven elected councillors in the council, led by their Leader,
Owolabi Taiwo, participated in the impeachment exercise.
The other councillors include: Olusola Akerele, Deputy
Leader; Stephen Akinyemi, Majority Leader; Olujoke Adekoya, Chief Whip;
Bamidele Ajayi; Victor Ajayi-Bembe and Odukunle Kuti.
According to insiders, the motion for Oyesanya’s impeachment
was moved by the Majority Leader of the council, Stephen Akinyemi, with the
support of his colleagues.
The council Leader, Owolabi Taiwo, was said to have made the
pronouncement at exactly 11.15 am.
On Wednesday, the council was said to have been thrown into
confusion with thugs storming the council allegedly on the orders of the
chairman.
Calls made to Oyesanya’s mobile phones were not reachable at
the time of this report. A text message to his phone was not also delivered.
He was also not at the council when journalists visited.
Pm News.
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