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 by 11:30am.
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.
The impeachment according to the house takes immediate effect.
According to the report of the committee presented during Monday plenary, the Deputy Governor was found guilty of all the allegations leveled against him by the seven man panel.
All the 23 PDP lawmakers at the plenary voted in support of the recommendations of the panel.
The House has adjourned sitting to reconvene at 12noon today.
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.
