Members of the Ogun State House of Assembly on Thursday, suspended sitting when it was discovered that the Assembly Mace was missing while deliberating on the impeachment of embattled Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo.
Oluomo was last week, arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and arraigned in court on charges bordering on stealing over N2.5 billion belonging to the state.
While deliberating on the possible impeachment of the Speaker on Thursday, it discovered that the Mace, which is the staff of authority of the state’s legislative arm, was allegedly stolen to prevent the lawmakers from achieving their aims of impeaching Oluomo, forcing the House to suspend its plenary session.
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According to some aggrieved lawmakers, the suspended session was the third botched sitting of the legislators since Oluomo was arrested, citing deliberate efforts by his loyalists to continue to frustrate attempts to…
