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Ondo impeachment saga: Why we moved against Speaker, Deputy -18 lawmakers

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INDICATIONS emerged that the 18 aggrieved members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, moved against the Speaker, Mr. Baddeley Oloyelogun and his Deputy Ogundeji Iroju due to the refusal of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to give them return tickets.

Both Oloyelogun and Iroju were sacked and replaced with Olamide George and Bimbo Faloju.

The 18 lawmakers have since relocated to Ibadan, in Oyo State over alleged threat to their lives after seven of them were injured when members of the state NURTW members invaded the Chambers after the impeachment.

Vanguard was informed reliably that the party leadership acting on the instructions of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu did promise to give automatic tickets to the aggrieved members as condition for their defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

Reliable sources told Vanguard that pressure was mounted on the APC leadership that those, who joined the party, should not be allowed to hijack the party.

Vanguard, November 14, 2018

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