Mr Adedayo had accused Governor Dapo Abiodun of diverting statutory federal allocations of the 20 LGs in the state.
He said this in a letter he wrote last month to a former governor of the state and a leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress , Olusegun Osoba.Within days of the allegation, Mr Adedayo was suspended by his councillors for alleged financial maladministration.
According to the statement, Mr Adedayo owned up to the allegations against him before the legislative council. “Adedayo also agreed that he spent the council funds till August 2023, even when the budget was yet to be approved, whereas the laws only allows him to spend till March 2023. “That the chairman has run foul of the laws of the land, specifically the Ogun State Local Government Laws 2006 and committed serious impeachable offences was therefore established.
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