The impeached chairman of Ijebu East local government area of Ogun State, Mr. Wale Adedayo, has accused the Leader of the Legislative Council, Fasheyi Akindele, of lying that he (Adedayo) admitted to engaging in financial impropriety.
Akindele made the allegation on Thursday in a statement he issued announcing the impeachment of Adedayo following a probe carried out on his activities.
According to Akindele, among other things, “The suspended Chairman owned up before the full house of 11 councillors that he diverted federal allocations sent to the Council by the State Government and used them for purposes other than what the State Government approved.
“Adedayo also agreed that he spent the Council funds till August 2023, even when the budget was yet to be approved, whereas the laws only allow him to spend till March 2023.
“Adedayo also opened up that he used N5.2 million to produce 20 pieces of chairs and tables instead of the 290 chairs that the money was meant for as approved by the state government.”
But in his reaction in a post on his Facebook wall, Adedayo said the claims by Akindele were blatant lies.
Adedayo’s reaction reads in full:
“Re: Ijebu East Local Government update
“Hon. Akin Faseyi,
“I knew you were up to some mischief when you disallowed our media crew from recording the proceedings of the House in the morning. But you’ll be surprised to know that despite the video not being available, we were still able to do an audio recording.
“Why do you have to lie so brazenly that I admitted wrongdoing? The fabrications which you presented to the public as what I said is an affront to my Eleda. All the documents you requested for are within your reach in the office. So, what happened to the Committee that was supposed to look into the so-called petitions?
“Two things I told you in the morning and your responses were not even reflected:
“1. You are on errand from Abeokuta to throw spanners into the wheel of my challenge to Mr. Governor about our monthly Federal Allocation. Despite your denial of same, I put it to you that you and your six colleagues were brought to Ogbere from Abeokuta in a Toyota Civilian Coaster bus escorted by Policemen from the Government House pool. You were perfidious to the extent that you did not inform your four remaining colleagues that the sitting would hold by 8am. Thank God for His mercies. We knew about that since yesterday and we knew an impeachment assignment had been given.
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“2. After being told our matter is now in court, you initially said the Council has not been served. But thank God for a dutiful Clerk of the House, who countered to confirm you were served yesterday. But, sadly, you still insisted NO court can stop your work “because the Legislature is superior to the Judiciary.” Hope you’ll repeat that in court on 22 September?
“3. Lest I forget, spendings in the Council can never be done unilaterally by me. We did not run a dictatorship. My approval limit is N250,000. Anything above that goes to the F&GPC for approval. I told you all these. And, my advice to you was taken from an American dictum, “follow the money.” Once you follow the financial trail through documents that are readily available in the Council, if any malfeasance was done you’ll know who did it and when.
“You are just being used to sidestep the Federal Allocation issue. The money will not go into my personal account. It will not only help us in Ijebu East Local Government, it will help all others throughout Ogun State. Thank God for the people of Yewa North and Ijebu Ode Locàl Governments, who are willing to ask questions. Questions are being asked by the people. I am sure you guys are afraid of questions from your constituents, which is the reason you are being kept in Abeokuta and anytime you come home you come with heavily armed policemen.
“But, no kain, my belief is that we are all writing our political history. It will be tabled in the fullness of time.”
