Tension Rises Over Aregbesola's Impeachment

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
has lauded the Osun state House of
Assembly for commencing
impeachment proceedings against
Governor Rauf Aregbesola, describing
it as a welcomed development to save
the state.
The Judge of the state, Justice
Oloyede Folahanmi, had earlier
petitioned the state House of
Assembly asking the members to
institute impeachment proceedings
against the governor and his deputy
over alleged mismanagement of the
state’s financial resources in
accordance with Sections 128 and
129 of the 1999 constitution.
Reacting to the proceedings, the PDP
in a statement has berated that
governor for his inability to pay the
salaries of civil servants in the state,
which it said were now “refugees in
their own land, living on handouts
from compassionate religious and
corporate bodies”.
The party, according to Vanguard,
says the governor is clueless on how
to turn around the economic
fortunes of the state, adding that
Aregbesola himself had alluded to
this in time past.
It urged lawmakers not to relent in
their efforts to write their name in
gold by going ahead with the
impeachment process irrespective of
the pressure on them, noting that
their stand will save their
constituents from economic disaster.
“We are aware of the tremendous
pressure being brought upon the
lawmakers by the insensitive
leaders and chieftains of the All
Progressives Congress within and
outside of the state, but the
lawmakers owe posterity and their
generations unborn this moment of
history to offer the state the last
straw before it would collapse
irretrievably.
The party accused the governor of
plotting to kill the impeachment
proceedings against him by
whipping up political sentiments.
Meanwhile, the Asiwaju Grassroots
Foundation has asked the speaker of
the Osun State House of Assembly,
Najeem Salaam, to ignore a petition
seeking the impeachment of
Governor Rauf Aregbesola over the
inability of the state to pay its
workers’ salaries.