Alleged Misconduct: Kogi SSG testifies against deputy governor
The Secretary to the State Government , Mrs. Folashade Ayoade-Arike, on Monday, entered the witness box to testify at the panel hearing investigating allegations of gross misconduct against the deputy governor of the state, Elder Simon Achuba.
Others that testified at the panel sitting at the state High Court, Lokoja, included the Acting Director , Office of the Accountant General, Mr. Elijah Ebinemi, who presented before the panel, evidence of alleged salaries/allowances payment, to the embattled deputy governor.Also testifying was Saliu Hassan Itopa, Cashier, Office of the Deputy Governor.
The Chief Judge of Kogi State, Justice Nasir Ajanah had on August 23, constituted a seven-man panel to investigate allegations of gross misconduct raised by the state House of Assembly against the Deputy Governor. Members of the panel are: Mr. John Baiyeshea , Hajia Bilikisu Abdulmalik Basher, Mr. William A. Aliwo, Canon Z. A. Asun, Alhaji Isa Adeboye, Mr. Muhammed A. Aikoye and Mr. Ada Shaibu. Mr. Bamidele Aina, while the Deputy Court Registrar , Special Duties at the High Court will serve as secretary to the panel.
The SSG under cross examination by lead counsel to Achuba, Jibrin Okutepa , among others, alleged that the state deputy governor last attended the weekly state executive council meeting, in August 2018.She stated that while it is not under the schedule of the Office of the SSG to pay the salary of the deputy governor, all workers of the state, including the deputy governor and his aides, have however been paid “up-to-date”.Under cross examination by Mr.
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