Senator Teslim Kolawole Folarin, the All Progressives Congress (APC) governorship candidate in Oyo state, has called the impeachment of Engr Rauf Olaniyan, the state’s deputy governor, illegal and a violation of the rule of law.
Folarin, in a statement issued in Ibadan on Monday following the impeachment of Engr Olaniyan as the state’s deputy governor, urged APC members to remain calm.
The APC governorship candidate stated that Engr. Olaniyan, who has since defected to the major opposition party, would appeal the impeachment in the Court of Appeal and that the party would not relent in providing an alternative to the Peoples Democratic Party (APC)-led administration in the state.
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The Senator advised the Oyo State House of Assembly legislators to “remember that posterity would judge whatever they do today,” claiming that the procedure used to remove the deputy governor violated constitutional principles.
He claimed that the committee formed by the state’s Chief Judge to investigate the deputy governor lacked integrity as well, asking, “Why would the committee give the deputy governor only 15 minutes to appear before it?”
When forming the investigation committee, the APC governorship candidate claimed that the Chief Judge of Oyo State violated his oath of office by ignoring the service of notice of appeal and application for injunction pending appeal.
