Battle Hots Up For Speakership, As Ogun Tenth House Of Assembly  Sets For Inauguration

The inauguration of the tenth Ogun State House of Assembly scheduled for today  has been shifted to Tuesday, next week.

The clerk of the assembly, Deji Adeyemo who announced the shift,regrets any inconvenience caused by the postponement.

Adeyemo in his earlier release had  said after the inauguration today, members elect from 26 state constituencies would take oath of office.

After this, the 19 APC members elect and their seven PDP counterparts  would elect principal officers of the 26 member house.

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Ahead of the inauguration, intense lobbying of elected members of the tenth assembly had been ongoing by those aspiring for the leadership of the house, especially the speaker and deputy speaker.

Top contenders for the post of the speaker are the immediate speaker, Olakunle Oluomo, and Daisi Elemide, both of them from Ogun senatorial district.

Both aspirants fought for the same seat during the inauguration of the ninth state house of assembly, but Oluomo won.

The Publicity Secretary of APC, Tunde Oladunjoye, has not responded to enquiry from our correspondent on the party’s position ahead of House of Assembly’s inauguration.

But the Spokesman of the PDP, Akinloye Bankole, said PDP members-elect”cannot, in good conscience support Oluomo as the speaker of the house.”

Bankole said Oluomo who is facing corruption charges lacks moral right to aspire to become the Speaker of the Assembly.

“Members elect on the platform of PDP cannot in good conscience support Mr. Oluomo as the speaker of the house.

The leadership of our party is currently in consultation with other stakeholders as far as the composition of house leadership is concerned.

“Definitely, we shall act in the best interest of the good people of Ogun State,” he told our correspondent.