The Oyo State Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan, has been removed by members of the State House of Assembly, following misconduct and a series of allegations levelled against him.

Olaniyan was removed by members of the House of Assembly on Monday.

The deputy governor was removed around 11:30 am by the lawmakers.

The decision was reached after the lawmakers presented and considered the recommendation of the seven man panel set up by the Chief Judge, Munta Abimbola to investigate the Deputy Governor over allegations of gross misconduct.

Olaniyan was elected in 2019 on a joint ticket with incumbent Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party but recently defected to the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress in the state.

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan, on Thursday, dismissed a suit the Deputy Governor filed to challenge the move to impeach him.

The state assembly commenced impeachment proceedings against Olaniyan after he dumped the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) for the All Progressive Congress (APC).

The allegations leveled against Olaniyan are; Gross misconduct, Abuse of office, Financial recklessness, Abandonment of official duty, Insubordination and others.

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