Ondo-State Female Speaker Impeached

Mrs Jumoke Akindele and her Deputy, Mr Fatai Olotu have been impeached by 18 votes out of the 26 Ondo state House of Assembly lawmakers.

The lawmakers subsequently elected Iroju Ogundeji from Odigbo local government as Speaker and Ayo Arowele from Owo local government as the Deputy speaker.

The impeachment exercise was done at one of the law-makers quarters in Akure metropolis at about 10pm on Tuesday, March 8.

However, reasons for the impeachment of the speaker and the deputy are still unknown as at the time of filing this report.

Akindele, represents Okitipupa in the assembly. She is also a lawyer before venturing into politics in 2006. She was first elected speaker in May 2014 and re-elected by the 8th Assembly in 2015.

Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has issued the timetable for the conduct of governorship poll in Ondo state.

INEC stated that the poll would hold on November 26, 2016.