Additionally, the Assembly said the appearance should be preceded with the officials submitting the commission’s accounts and relevant documents for scrutiny to the clerk of the House on or before Tuesday, February 11.
In furtherance of its efforts at getting to the root of local government crisis rocking the state, the Oyo State House of Assembly has summoned Executive Secretary, Oyo State Independent Electoral Commission and other schedule officers to give account of the commission’s activities and finances in relation to the conduct of the May 12, 2018 local government election in the state.
But, in a counter argument to the Assembly’s move to scrutinize the accounts of OYSIEC, Mr Seyi Adisa representing Afijio constituency argued that the since the issue of OYSIEC was in court, the discussion on the floor of the Assembly was prejudicial. However, presenter of the motion, Mr Hakeem Adedibu explained that the Assembly was only examining the account of the commission and not the conduct of the election that was the issue debated in the court.
Member representing Ibadan North II, Mr Adebayo Babajide had pointed to the need for the Assembly to investigate alleged unlawful acquisition of lands belonging to individuals and families by officials of the former Governor Abiola Ajimobi administration in a motion presented at Thursday’s plenary.
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