By Our Correspondent
Two members of the Ogun State House of Assembly who are allegedly opposed to the continued leadership of the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, may be slammed with suspension today.
The lawmakers include Oludare Kadiri and Solomon Osho, representing Ijebu North II and Remo North state constituencies respectively.
The decision to suspend the duo, impeccable sources told our correspondent, is not unconnected with their roles in exposing the Speaker's alleged fraudulent activities, resulting in his arrest and arraignment by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) last week.
A plenary session of the House is scheduled to hold on Tuesday (today) by 11:00am.
"They are planning to suspend two Honourable members today. Both Dare Kadiri and Solomon Osho are penciled down for sanctions.
"The Speaker has vowed to go after all against him in the House. He addressed his people at Ifo Palace that he is innocent (about EFCC charges) and will use all means to crush his opponents," a source in the Assembly, who spoke on condition of anonymity, disclosed to our correspondent.
The source added that the Speaker was determined to fight back and this informed why he perfected arrangements with his supporters to suspend two lawmakers.
Our correspondent gathered that the House may be headed for a stormy session in view of the plot to sack the anti-Oluomo members.
It will be recalled that the EFCC, on September 6, 2022, arraigned Oluomo at a Federal High Court in Lagos on 11-count charge bordering on N2.475billion money laundering and forgery.
The court, presided by Justice Daniel Osiagor, later granted bail to the Speaker alongside the Clerk of the House, Taiwo Adeyemo, and the Assembly's Director of Finance, Samuel Oladayo, who were arraigned as co-defendants on the same charge.
But on arrival at the Assembly complex last Friday after perfecting his bail condition, the Speaker maintained that he was innocent of the charges leveled against him.
On the other hand, Kadiri, who was impeached as Deputy Speaker, asked Oluomo to seek forgiveness from God over the various infractions in the House, adding that the Speaker failed to heed his several genuine warnings.
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