Councillors Suspend Ogun LG Chairman Who Accused Abiodun of Funds Diversion

A quorum of councillors in the Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State has suspended the Chairman of the LGA, Wale Adedayo, for three months on allegations of maladministration and financial mismanagement.

Reacting to the development, the suspended chairman told newsmen that it might be true, adding that policemen bombarded the LGA secretariat alongside some thugs this morning.

This followed the invasion of the LGA’s secretariat by over a hundred mobile policemen today, following an alleged move by the Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, to impeach Adedayo. who recently accused the governor of withholding federal government allocations meant for LGAs within the state.

The council chairman was directed to appear before the House on the next sitting of the House on Thursday, September 14, 2023.

The Council Treasurer, through the Head of the Local Government Administration, was directed to furnish the financial statement of the Council in the last two years, along with other relevant documents and vouchers as the House may require in order to aid investigations.

Mr Adedayo had dragged Governor Abiodun before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC demanding the investigation of the governor over alleged mismanagement of local government funds.

Adedayo accused The Governor of withholding the statutory Federal Allocation due to the state’s local governments in the last two years.

According to the council boss, Governor Abiodun has not paid a dime to Local government accounts as Federal allocation in the last two years.

Adedayo in separate petitions to EFCC and ICPC on Tuesday called for the urgent intervention of the anti-graft agencies.

The council boss in the petition, also accused the governor of denying the local government chairmen of the Ecological fund and other entitlements due to them.