Dare Kadiri, former Deputy Speaker, and Solomon Osho, another lawmaker, were suspended by the Ogun State House of Assembly in a plenary presided over by the Speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, at the Assembly Complex in Oke-Mosan.
The lawmaker representing Ijebu North II state constituency and his counterpart were suspended in accordance with sections 14 and 15 of the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act, 2017.
The lawmakers were accused of repeatedly and contentiously violating the state House of Assembly’s rights and privileges.
The speaker said the document containing the suspension of the lawmakers had been signed by the appropriate number of colleague lawmakers; hence it needs no other procedure before implementation.
According to the speaker, Order 6, Rule 19 (2) says that whereof a matter of privilege arises, it shall be taken into consideration immediately; in the note of that, I want to say that I received a resolution by an appropriate number of members of this house raising the issue of privileges and it read thus, “Resolution 131/ OG/ 2022- suspension of some honourable members for the breach of the provision of the legislative houses (Power and Privileges) Act, 2017.
“Having found to have severally and contentiously breached the rights and privileges of state House of Assembly and its leadership through violation of the provisions of section 17 of Legislative Houses (Power and Privileges) Act, 2017, Kadiri (Ijebu North II state constituency) and Osho (Remo North constituency) are hereby suspended from the House and its activities forthwith until further notice in line with the provisions of Sections 14 and 15 of the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act, 2017.”
