The impeachment process against Ondo State deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi, has suffered a major set back as the chief judge of the state, Oluwatoyin Akeredolu, faulted the process.
The Chief Judge in a letter dated July 9, 2020, declared that the request earlier made by the state Assembly to her for the constitution of a 7-man probe panel didn’t meet the constitutional requirement.
Out of 26 members of the House, 14 members were said to have signed a notice of impeachment of the deputy governor on Tuesday.
They had ordered the judiciary to constitute a panel to probe him. But nine members of the Assembly kicked against the impeachment, while Ajayi had also sought a court injunction to stop the process.
The Chief Judge said the request violated Section 188 (5)of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended.
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