Nigeria: Ondo - Speaker's Election Settles Row Over Mimiko's Deputy

1 June 2014

The election of Jumoke Akindele as the first female Speaker of Ondo State House of Assembly has ended rumours about an impeachment plot against Deputy Governor Ali Olanusi.

Last Tuesday's election of Hon. Jumoke Akindele of Okitipupa State Constituency II, Ondo South Senatorial District, as Speaker of the state House of Assembly doused the rumour making rounds in the state that the administration of Dr. Olusegun Mimiko had decided to use the position to negotiate a planned resignation of the deputy governor, Alhaji Ali Olanusi. Prior to Akindele's election, the rumour was rife that Olanusi, who is from Akoko South West Local Government Area in Ondo North, had been advised to resign so that the deputy speaker, Hon. Dare Emiola, who is from the same local government as the deputy governor, could be selected as the substantive speaker. Emiola had been acting as the speaker since the late speaker, Hon. Samuel Adesina, who hailed from Odigbo Local Government Area, in Ondo South Senatorial District, took ill and died.

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