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Wed Jul 14 2021
The Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday suspended the member representing Ilorin South Constituency, Jimoh Raheem Agboola, for alleged contempt and abuse of privilege.
Agboola is the only opposition lawmaker in the Kwara State House of Assembly and was sworn-in on February 9, 2021, after a protracted legal battle with the APC lawmaker, Hon Azeez Elewu Oluwanilo, for the Ilorin South seat.
His suspension was sequel to a Motion Without Notice moved by the House Leader, Abubakar Mogaji Olawoyin, during plenary.
The House Leader accused Agboola of making a despicable comment about the House and calling on the masses to stage a protest against the government and the House of Assembly on a radio programme.
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AFTER 14 months of legal battle, Kwara State House of Assembly on Tuesday bowed to pressure by swearing in Raheem Agboola as the only Peoples Democratic Party member in the 24-member Assembly.
The All Progressives Congress won all the 24 seats in the Assembly, but one of the seats; Ilorin South Constituency of the state Assembly, was upturned by the Election Petition Tribunal and upheld by the Court of Appeal.
Recall that Agboola was declared as the winner of the Ilorin South Constituency Election in the March 10, 2019 state Assembly election by the Court of Appeal in Ilorin in November 2019, but the Speaker, Yakubu Danladi-Salihu, claimed that there were other litigations on the election.