Constituents begin recall of Osun Speaker

Osun State Chairman of Allied Peoples Movement (APM), Adewale Adebayo, has begun the process for the recall of Speaker, Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun, for threat on the life of his hometown king, Alasi of Asi, Oba Isaac Oyewale.

The Nation reports that Oba Oyewale absconded from his palace after Egbedun, representing Odo-Otin State Constituency, threatened and vowed to assault him. But the Speaker apologised to his supporters for the outburst.

APM Chairman Adebayo in a statement yesterday confirmed that plan had been concluded to recall Egbedun by his constituents.

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He said: “We have prepared a notification letter to be submitted to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) on the recall.

“I am from that constituency and I can tell you that we lost confidence in Egbedun’s representation long ago, but the recent threat on the life of his hometown king is the last straw that broke the camel’s back.

“You will recall that he prevented police from arresting fraudsters. The videos are on social media. He led his security guards to physically assault a court bailiff and a lawyer. We have been getting poor representation from him.

“Egbedun’s representation has brought shame on us. We have qualified people in our constituency who can give us quality representation.’’