Ado-Odo/Ota LG Lifts Suspension On Chairman, As Ogun State Deputy Governor Intervenes

By Akinwale Kasali

Days after the Legislative Council of Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government in Ogun State suspended its Chairman, Hon. Wasiu Adewale for gross misconduct, it has however lifted the Suspension.

The Councillors stepped down their decision by lifting the Suspension placed on the Chairman following the intervention of the State Deputy Governor, Noimot Salako-Oyedele, and other leaders of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the State.

The suspended Chairman also heeded to the request of the Councillors by presenting the Council’s income and expenditure account.

The Leader of the House, Mutairu Gbadamosi, said the suspension was lifted during plenary on Friday, saying it was taken in the interest of peace, stability, and progress of the local government.

In a statement on Saturday, Gbadamosi said the Council’s earlier suspension of Lawal was in line with its constitutional powers and oversight functions over issues bordering on transparency, accountability, and administrative conduct.

“You will recall that, in the exercise of our constitutional powers and in line with our oversight functions, this Honourable House took the decision to suspend the Executive Chairman, Alhaji Wasiu Lawal Adewale, over issues bordering on transparency, accountability, and administrative conduct,” Gbadamosi said.

He further explained that respected party leaders, including the deputy governor, Salako-Oyedele; the member representing Ado-Odo/Ota Federal Constituency, Tunji Akinosi; the Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Sessan Fagbayi; Lai Taiwo; Kazeem Salako; and the APC LG Chairman, J.J. Akeran, intervened in the crisis and helped reconcile both sides.

“Their fatherly and motherly guidance and mediation have brought about reconciliation and mutual understanding; and in view of the executive Chairman’s  compliance with one of our key resolutions, the presentation of the Income and Expenditure Account of the Local Government, this Honourable House has resolved to lift the suspension earlier placed on him,” he stated.

Following the lifting of the suspension, the Acting Chairman, Abosede Balogun, officially handed over the affairs of the Local Government to Lawal in the presence of  Party leaders who witnessed the event.

“This symbolic moment represents a return to normalcy and a renewed commitment to collective service,” Gbadamosi added.