Immediate past governor of Ekiti state has been summoned by the Ekiti State House of Assembly to appear before it to throw light on the alleged misappropriation of local government funds while in office.
Also summoned alongside the former governor are the former chairman of the Association of Local Government chairmen ALGON, Mr. Dapo Olagunju, the former Commissioner for Local Government Affairs, Mr. Kola Kolade and all the former 16 local government chairmen.
The Assembly in its plenary on Thursday took the unanimous decision sequel to the adoption of the recommendations of the joint Committee of the House on Public Petition and Local Governments that were recently directed to look into a Petition submitted to the Assembly by eight suspended PDP council chairmen.
The Assembly had in December, 18 2018 suspended indefinitely all the 16 Council Chairmen and 177 Councilors to pave way for forensic audit of the councils’ account over alleged fraud.
While eight were reinstated in July, 2019 following a petition filed appealing for their reinstatement, others suspended for further forensic investigation.
Presenting the report in Thursday’s plenary, the Chairman of the Public Petition Committee, Hon Adegoke Olajide said the remaining eight chairmen on suspension made a plea to the house for the review of their indictment and possible reinstatement.
Olajide said the suspended chairmen during an appearance before the Committee confessed to have diverted funds of their councils on monthly basis to an account but said the action was in compliance with the directive of the immediate past governor.
He said the Council chairmen who provided documents to back up their allegations, claimed that the instruction to withdraw the council fund was often passed to them through the former ALGON Chairman, Mr. Dapo Olagunju and the commissioner for local government, Mr Kola Kolade.
The Assembly also summoned a former Speaker of the House, Pastor Kola Oluwawole, some suspended members of the Fifth Assembly as well as the former Governor over the passage of a ten billion naira revised Appropriation law towards the end of the tenure of the former Governor.
The motion for the summon was moved by the House Leader of government Business, Hon Gboyega Aribisogan on the recommendation of the report of Ad-hoc Committee set up to probe the hurried passage of the 2018 revised Appropriation law.
Fayose’s Media aide, Mr Lere Olayinka was also directed to appear before the Lawmakers for alleged unremittance of commercial revenue of above N13million while serving as supervisor at the state owned broadcasting service of Ekiti State.
