By Akeem Abas
Olamide George, the newly elected Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to rescue him and his colleagues from alleged reign of terror in the state.
George, alongside 17 other lawmakers, made the call at a news conference held in Ibadan on Saturday evening.
The News Agency of Nigeria(NAN) reports that Bamidele Oloyelogun and Ogundeji Iroju, the Speaker and Deputy Speaker were impeached on Friday.
NAN reports that George and Faloju Abimbola were immediately sworn-in as the new Speaker and deputy speaker.
George said that the former speaker and his deputy were impeached over established evidences of gross misconduct, financial recklessness, abuse of power and incompetence levelled against them.
He alleged that since Friday, family members, he and his deputy were being threatened over the impeachment, calling on the president to save democracy from collapse.
“We are duly elected members…
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