Kamarudeen Ogundele, Ado Ekiti
The Ekiti State House of Assembly, on
Thursday, suspended the lawmaker representing Ikole Constituency 1, Mr.
Gboyega Aribisogan, for 180 legislative days for alleged anti-party
activities.
The decision followed the adoption of
the recommendation of a seven-man ad hoc panel, chaired by Mr. Jeje
Samuel, which investigated allegations of gross misconduct and acts
capable of destabilising the Assembly and the state government against
him.
The recommendations were submitted to
the Ethics and Privileges Committee of the House and adopted at a
plenary presided over by the Speaker, Kola Oluwawole.
Aribisogan, a former Information
Committee Chairman, was also barred from holding any position of
responsibility on behalf of the Assembly during his suspension and to
lose benefits associated with his office.
The Assembly also ordered him not to be
seen in and around the premises of the Assembly within a radius of 1km,
demanding that he should submit all properties of the Assembly to the
Clerk.
Aribisogan was accused of romancing
with the opposition and divulging information to them in the process, an
act the lawmakers said was tantamount to anti-party activities.
Specifically, he was accused of having
meetings with enemies of the state government and presenting false
information, thereby casting aspersions on members of the Assembly and
the symbol of the state government.
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