Nigeria: Uproar as Ogun Assembly Removes Deputy Speaker

There was uproar at the Ogun State House Assembly as the Deputy Speaker, Oludare Kadiri, was impeached by 19 out of the 26 members of the assembly.

But the embattled lawmaker and the lone People's Democratic Party (PDP) member in the assembly, Sylvester Abiodun, labelled the removal a "kangaroo" assembly.

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