The seven-man panel of investigation set up by the Chief Judge of Ondo State, Justice Olasehinde Kumuyi, to look into the seven allegations leveled against the State Deputy Governor, Mr Ali Olanusi, has started sitting.
The Ondo State House of Assembly had earlier directed the State Chief Judge to set up the panel. This is following the impeachment notice served on the Deputy Governor by the House.
While the Counsel of the defendant, the Deputy Governor insisted that his client was not served the notice and could not go on with the proceedings, the Counsel of the House of Assembly, Dayo Akinlaja, claimed that the Deputy Governor was only trying to shy away from the allegations leveled against him.
The Chairman of the panel, in his inauguration speech, Magistrate Olatunji Adeniyan (Rtd) promised that the panel would do its assignment with all fairness to the best of its ability.
The Counsel of the Deputy Governor, Benson Enikuomeh, told reporters that he was appearing at the panel in protest, as his client had not been served any notice to appear before the panel.
He, therefore, backs out of the proceedings, insisting that the panel cannot continue sitting, as he has not been briefed by his counsel on the issues leveled against him by the State Legislature.
On his part, the Counsel to the House of Assembly, Dayo Akinlaja, insisted that the Deputy Governor could not claim not to have been served the notice as he is within the country.
