The embattled Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Agboola Ajayi, has filed a suit against the 26 lawmakers of the state House of Assembly for contempt following moves to impeach him.
In the suit, Ajayi asked the Federal High Court in Akure to jail the 26 members for “deliberately plotting and executing plans to impeach him”
Deputy Agboola also demanded that the court relinquish all the actions taken by the lawmakers, including the impeachment notice issued against him on July 7, 2020, since he filed his suit on June 26, 2020.
The suit filed by deputy Ajayi reads in part;
“On July 7, 2020, at the sitting of the Ondo State House of Assembly, the alleged contemners issued an impeachment notice against me, despite the pendency of suit no FHC/ABJ/CS/684/2020 and have vowed to continue with the illegality.
“Copies of newspaper reportage of the illegality of issuance of the notice are hereto attached and marked as Exhibit DG4.
“I verily believe that the action/conduct of the alleged contemners is to foist a plan on the court, to render the outcome of suit no FHC/ABJ/CS/684/2020 nugatory and bring the court to disrepute.
Deputy Ajayi also seeked for the 26 lawmakers to be imprisoned for a term of 1 (one) year or as the court may otherwise determine, for deliberately plotting and executing plans of impeachment.
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