Ondo Assembly crisis: Police caught lawmakers, Clerk, pay master with 15 million naira

DETECTIVES weekend quizzed some members of the

Ondo State House of Assembly, the pay master and the 
clerk over the crisis that led to the purported sack of the Speaker Jumoke Akindele and other principal officers 
over an alleged N15 million fraud.


This is coming as security at the Assembly became 
tight ahead of today’s sitting.

Also, Governor Olusegun Mimiko has met with some
 of the 10 lawmakers who masterminded the 
impeachment.

Reliable source said that an arrow head of the faction, 
Hon Ayedele Arowele and two others were reportedly 
quizzed on the where about of the mace which 
disappeared after their action last weekend.

Others quizzed include the clerk of the Assembly, Bode
Adeyelu and the pay master Sina Makanjuola over their
 role in the last weekend impeachment.

A sum of N15 million was found in the possession of 
the pay master who told the lawmakers that it was 
cashed on the instruction of the Speaker for a project 
which he failed to disclose.

The 10 lawmakers who trailed him from the bank later
 alleged that the leadership of the House withdrew t
he money without legislative approval.

One of the members who participated in the sack of 
the principal officers told Vanguard in confidence
 that they were mandated by the state police
 command to return the mace to the chamber.

The faction loyal to the sacked Speaker who are in the
majority, 16, are reportedly wooing some of the “rebels” 
to their side ahead of today’s parliamentary sitting.

Security has been provided for the 16 lawmakers loyal
 to the Speaker to reconvene today and they are
 reportedly going to suspend the “rebels” who 
impeached the principal officers without fair hearing.

Meanwhile, the ten. “Rebel”lawmakers insisted weekend
 that there was no going back on the sack of the 
principal officers of the assembly.

Meantime, the Ondo state Police Command confirmed
 it’s intervention in the crisis in the Assembly to 
prevent breakdown of law and order.

Speaking on the crisis last night, it’s Image Maker 
Femin Joseph explained that the police was just making effort to prevent the matter from degenerating to a full-blown crisis so that they can all share the money.