The Deputy Governor of Oyo State, Engineer Rauf Aderemi Olaniyan has been removed from office following his impeachment.
Olaniyan was removed by members of the state House of Assembly on Monday.
The deputy governor was removed around 11:30 am by the lawmakers.
The House of Assembly is dominated by members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
The lawmakers during the plenary on Monday announced that they removed the impeached deputy governor following the recommendation of the panel set up to investigate him.
The panel had impeached Olaniyan’s conduct in its report, which was forwarded to the House of Assembly for legislative action.
The announcement of the removal from office was made on Monday following the adoption of the recommendations of the report of the seven-man panel set up to investigate allegations levelled against the deputy governor.
The panel report was read by the Majority Leader of the House, Sanjo Adedoyin from Ogbomoso.
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