A human rights attorney, Deji Ajare, has requested the Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly, to start the impeachment process against the State governor, Usman Ododo, over allegations of misconduct and abuse of office.
According to reports, Ajare made the call yesterday, via the House Clerk, in a letter addressed to the Speaker.
He said that using the governor’s motorcade to transport the troubled former State governor, Yahaya Bello, to safety amounted to harboring a ‘wanted’ person, thereby obstructing the course of justice, and misusing public funds.
Recall that Ododo whisked away his predecessor on Wednesday, after operatives of EFCC besieged the latter’s Abuja residence to arrest him in connection with an N80.2bn money laundering case.
Some hours after, the EFCC declared the former governor as ‘wanted’, while the Nigeria Immigration Service placed him on its watchlist.
The IGP also ordered withdrawal of all policemen attached to him.
In his letter, Ajare also called on the Assembly to cooperate with the EFCC and ensure all individuals involved are available for questioning and investigations.
He further implored the House of Assembly to take swift and decisive actions, noting the effect of the “misgovernance implied in these allegations” on the people of the State.
Meanwhile, the Chief Press Secretary to the Speaker of the House of Assembly, Mohammed Yabagi, said neither the Clerk nor the Speaker had received such a letter.
Yabagi added that the House had not seen any valid reasons to begin impeachment processe against the governor and that there was no evidence that the governor prevented security agencies from arresting Yahaya Bello.
All efforts to reach the Special Adviser on Media to the Kogi State Governor, Isma’ila Isah, proved abortive, as his number was switched-off.
