Ogun Council Chairman Suspended for Gross Misconduct
The Chairman of Ipokia Local Government Council of Ogun State has been suspended. The 12 Councillors in the legislative arm of the Council , rising from a special meeting on Thursday announced the suspension of the chairman, Isiaka Wale Aderohunmu, accusing him of various acts of misconduct.
According to the lawmakers, the chairman had in the last two years ran the affairs of the local government council like a private estate, hiring out equipment of the council to people they describe as his “cronies”.
In a Notification letter, signed by the Leader, Hon.Tayo Oyekanmi and all the eleven Councillors, the lawmakers said they are acting in consonance with Section 37(2) of the Ogun State Local Government Law.
“We hereby announce that Hon. Isiaka Wale Aderohunmu is suspended till further notice based on the following acts of gross misconduct”.
“His failure to abide by the Resolution of the House in returning the sum of over Five Million naira to the local government which accrued from hiring out the bulldozer.
” mismanagement of properties of the council and for failing to appear before the House on five different occasions when he was invited”, the Councillors noted.
