The court in Akure had, on Wednesday, nullified the 2020 impeachment of Mr Ogundeji as deputy speaker by members of the Assembly.
has filed an appeal against a judgement of the state high court, ordering it to reinstate Iroju Ogundeji as its deputy speaker.
But the assembly, through the state’s Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice, rejected the judgement and filed an appeal at the Appeal Court. Mr Ogundeji and some of his colleagues had refused to sign an impeachment notice against the then deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, who then was running against Governor Rotimi AkeredoluA statement from the office of the Attorney General, on Thursday, said the assembly had appealed the judgement .
“The House of Assembly in another application before the trial Court urged the Court to stay the execution of its Judgment pending the determination of the appeal before the Court of Appeal.
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