Members of the Ondo state House of Assembly has served the deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi a notice of impeachment.
Ajayi recently decamped to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, following a faceoff with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu who remains a member of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The crisis in the leadership of the state took a new turn as he was handed a notice of impeachment on Tuesday, July 7, 2020.
The proceedings commenced on Tuesday with 14 of the 26 members signing the impeachment notice and nine of them voting against the decision.
According to the notice, the deputy governor is being accused of gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office among other offenses.
To however stall any impeachment move, the embattled deputy governor has approached an Abuja High Court seeking to stop the impeachment proceeding and enforce his fundamental right of association. Other defendants in the suit were the Inspector-General of Police, State Commissioner Of Police, Department of State Services (DSS), and the Speaker of the Assembly, Mr. David Oleyeloogun.
There are indications he might be the flagbearer of the PDP In the state governorship election scheduled for October 10.
