Ondo
State House of Assembly on Wednesday suspended indefinitely a member
representing Ose State Constituency, Mrs. Fola Olasehinde, for allegedly
harbouring some fetish items in her apartment, located at the Ijapo area of
Akure.
The
Deputy Speaker of the House, Mr. Dare Emiola, who announced her suspension on
the floor of the House, said the decision was taken during a parliamentary
meeting before the convocation of the Assembly on Wednesday.
The
House had earlier set up a five-member committee, headed by Mr. Fatai Olotu, which
indicted Olasehinde and recommended her suspension for allegedly embarrassing
the assembly by her action.
The
travails of the lawmaker started recently when a former commissioner in the
state, Mr. Ogunbadejo Kolawole, raised the alarm following the alleged
discovery of fetish objects in the apartment of Olasehinde.
Ogunbadejo
had alleged that the scary items were found in the twin-duplex 6, Olasehinde
Lane, Ijapo Estate, Akure, which she occupied between 2009 and 2012.
Fetish
objects allegedly found included amulets, snail shells, live snails, cow horns
of different sizes wrapped in coloured cloth, miniature coffins, photo images
of humans and animals, concoctions in black clay pots as well as bottles and
cans containing all manner of liquids.
Some
personal effects of the female lawmaker, including House of Assembly vehicle
plate number, campaign posters and hand bills were also said to have been found
in the apartment.
But
Olasehinde denied any knowledge of the fetish items, saying she had moved all
her belongings into a new accommodation at GRA, Alagbaka, Akure, since October,
2012.
According
to her, she gave the keys to her personal assistant for another co-tenant
because the two duplexes share the same water system, adding that she expected
the co-tenant to have handed over the keys to the landlord.
The
landlord had issued Olasehinde a quit notice last year, demanding that she
vacated the apartment by October, 2012.
Source:
Punch
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