…Legislative Arm Chief, Hon. Kelvin Eguakun Sworn-In As Appearing Chairman
BENIN – The Chairman of Egor Native Authorities Council in Edo State, Hon. Eghe Ogbemudia, and the council’s Vice Chairman, Hon Frank Osawe, have been impeached.
They have been sacked by the brand new legislative management of the council with Hon. Kelvin Eguakun as Chief.
Hon. Ogbemudia and Hon. Osawe have been impeached based mostly on 4 fees of alleged gross misconduct, particularly: Abuse of workplace, monetary misappropriation, illegal withholding of statutory allowances of a principal member and three different Council members in addition to funds padding.
The movement for the impeachment was moved by Hon. Nosakhare Isiegbuwa and seconded by Hon. Stella Ogida Osagioduwa.
The impeachment proceedings have been formally documented within the Edo State Authorities Gazette, notifying the affected officers of the initiation of impeachment proceedings according to the Edo LG Bye-law on Professional-Motion Notices, Legislative Privileges, and Impeachment Procedures For Elected Council Officers, 2024.
The unfolding growth highlights the dynamics inside Egor LG and underscores the council’s efforts to handle alleged misconduct and uphold accountability inside it’s management.
This flip of occasions, involving a council dominated by members of the Peoples Democratic Occasion (PDP), adopted the considerations raised among the many LG councillors in regards to the management of the legislative arm, they accused them of failing to supply efficient oversight and of neglecting it’s tasks.
Sequel to the impeachment of council chairman and her vice chairman, the legislative council had suspended it’s management, beneath Hon. Bosede Omokaro (Chief), Hon. Iwinosa Enabulele (Majority Chief), and Hon. Amb. Elliot Inneh Enni (Chief Whip).
The movement for the suspension was handed by 5 members of the council, with one member absent.
Subsequently, the brand new management with Hon. Kelvin Eguakun as Chief acted swiftly upon receiving a signed petition from 4 Council members calling for the elimination of the native authorities chairman and vice chairman.
Among the many crucial points that culminated within the change of management within the council embrace the legislative management’s incapacity to collaborate successfully with the native authorities chairmen, notably in making certain well timed fee of salaries.
Particularly, the two-month delay in councillors salaries was seen as a politically motivated act geared toward coercing members into submission.
Upon resumption of plenary on Friday the twenty seventh of December 2024, the Chief of the Legislative Arm, Hon. Kelvin Eguakun knowledgeable the Home of the report submitted by the 7-man panel appointed to probe the allegations of gross misconduct towards the Chairman and Vice Chairman, which discovered them responsible of all of the allegations.
In a unanimous voice vote, the Chairman and Vice Chairman have been impeached from workplace by the Councillors. Upon a movement by the Deputy Chief and seconded by the Majority Chief, the Home resolved that the Chief of the Legislative Arm, Hon. Eguakun needs to be sworn into workplace by the Clerk of the Home as Functioning Chairman of the Council, in an performing capability.
At precisely 1.35 pm on Friday, Hon. Kelvin Eguakun was sworn in because the Functioning Chairman of Egor Native Authorities Council.
