Lagos State House of Assembly has suspended the chairman of Alimosho Local Government Area Jelili Sulaimon indefinitely over alleged non-compliance, defiance and unyielding attitude to the assembly.
The lawmakers agreed unanimously to suspend him on Monday.
They also resolved that the vice chairman of the council Akinpelu Johnson should take over the running of the local government’s affairs.
Moving a motion for his suspension, chairman of the House Committee on Local Government Administration and Chieftaincy Affairs, Sanni Okanlawon, recalled that in April 2024 pandemonium broke out in the Iyana-Ipaja axis of Alimosho Local Government leading to the death of a man named Michael Ajayi.
Okanlawon, whose committee probed the cause of the pandemonium, said it was discovered that Mr Sulaimon masterminded the chaos.
According to Okanlawon, all stakeholders involved in the issue were invited, but Sulaimon failed to adhere to the assembly’s directives.
“He should be suspended immediately while the vice chairman, Akin Johnson, takes over with immediate effect,” he said.
Majority leader of the assembly Noheem Adams said: “The Alimosho council chairman does not follow procurement processes or the budget. There has been a lot of misconduct from him and I support that the chairman be suspended indefinitely.”
Chairman of the House Committee on Public Accounts for Local Government Nureni Akinsanya also noted the irregularities in his records.
Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, who presided over the sitting, directed the House clerk Olalekan Onafeko to communicate the assembly’s resolution to all relevant authorities.
