SPEAKER of the Osun State House of Assembly, Honourable Najeem Salaam has sent a letter to the state’s Chief Judge, Justice Adepele Ojo, over a petition written against Governor Rauf Aregbesola, Saturday Tribune has reliably gathered.

A serving judge in Osun State, Justice Olamide Folahanmi Oloyede, during the week wrote a petition that Governor Aregbesola should be impeached for allegedly mismanaging the finances of the state.

Credible sources informed Saturday Tribune on Friday that the purpose of the letter by the speaker was to ascertain if the petitioner, Oloyede, is actually a member of Osun State judiciary.

According to the source, “the Chief Judge has subsequently forwarded the speaker’s letter to Justice Oloyede to confirm if she is truly the author of the petition sent to the House of Assembly calling on the lawmakers to impeach [Governor] Aregbesola.”

“The petitioner is expected to forward her reply to the Chief Judge within 72 hours after receivithe letter,” the source added.

However, at the time of filing this report, it could not be confirmed if Justice Oloyede had forwarded her response to the Chief Judge.

Justice Oloyede had in her petition to the state House of Assembly called for an investigation into the alleged mismanagement of the state’s finances by Governor Aregbesola and his deputy, in accordance with Sections 128 and 129 of the 1999 Constitution, saying there is no moral justification for their continued stay in office.

In the 30-page petition, she implored the House while copying the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Amnesty International, Transparency International among others, to investigate any other person found to be responsible for what she described as “deliberate mismanagement of the economy of Osun State.”

She also queried the about N4 billion monthly wage bill presented by the governor at several fora declaring that Aregbesola had admitted inheriting N1.4 billion wage bill in 2010, wondering how the figure could have increased to about N4 billion even with a new minimum wage.

The petition reads in part: “I am propelled by the desire to see the pains of my fellow human beings ameliorated and to possibly, help take away the reproach of our state as “A bankrupt” and “A failed state” and the desire to join hands with other like minds to help salvage the sinking ship of Osun State.”

“I declare that in addition to the media-hype of Osun’s parlous financial condition, I have first-hand experience which constitutes evidence of the unfortunate situation in which Osun currently finds herself. Even Mr. Governor has admitted publicly, the fact that Osun is in financial quagmire and that he is clueless on how to pull her out of the doldrums.

“Mr. Governor’s argument that salaries can only be paid from statutory allocations is also faulty, we demand that he substantiate his claim by giving the section of the law that so provides. In any event, all funds, all allocations and all expenditures are expected to be backed by legislation, and are statutory, otherwise, they are illegal.

“Consequently, the admitted inability of Mr. Governor and his deputy to pay pensions, salaries and allowances for periods ranging from eight to 11 months now, as a consequence of their own decision to accumulate debts beyond the capacity of the state’s internally generated revenue, whilst the very ‘actors’ Mr. Governor and his deputy continue to enjoy their security allowances in hundreds of millions, is a violation of their oaths of office.”
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Nigerians are behind her....cancel the security votes and use the money to help the masses for Gods sake

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Nigerians are behind her....cancel the security votes and use the money to help the masses for Gods sake

hope she knows what is going on in office when aregbe government was inaugurated in 2010 . this woman will be dissappointed cos' d masses love aregbe and with the creation of 20 more lcda. he wins d people mind aregbe will complete his 4 years term no doubt about that hmmm.