{"id":1199201,"date":"2022-09-05T12:50:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-05T12:50:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/05\/ogun-apc-suspends-ex-deputy-speaker-accused-of-being-behind-speakers-arrest-by-efcc\/"},"modified":"2022-09-05T12:50:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-05T12:50:16","slug":"ogun-apc-suspends-ex-deputy-speaker-accused-of-being-behind-speakers-arrest-by-efcc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/05\/ogun-apc-suspends-ex-deputy-speaker-accused-of-being-behind-speakers-arrest-by-efcc\/","title":{"rendered":"Ogun APC Suspends Ex-Deputy Speaker Accused Of Being Behind Speaker\u2019s Arrest By EFCC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_837884\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-837884\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-837884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">APC<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has suspended Dare Kadiri, a sitting member of the state House of Assembly, amid claims of anti-party activity.<\/p>\n<p>The leadership of Ward II in Ijebu North Local Government Area suspended Kadiri, a former Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, indefinitely on Sunday after accusing him of working against the governor Dapo Abiodun\u2019s campaign for a second term in the general elections of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The suspension was affirmed by the Ward Congress at a meeting held on Sunday. The letter was jointly signed by the General Secretary and the Councillor who represents the ward, Olanrewaju Abiodun and Sobonojo Adeniyi, respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The party leaders accused Kadiri of associating with the opposition and promising to work against Abiodun\u2019s reelection, among other things.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Also Read:\u00a0EFCC Files 11 Count Charge Against Ogun State Speaker<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Olakunle Oluomo, the Assembly Speaker, was detained last week by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, and Kadiri was suspected of being at the root of his problems prior to his suspension (EFCC).<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Governor Abiodun\u2019s opponent, Ladi Adebutu, was recently hosted by the suspended lawmaker, and he promised not to support Abiodun\u2019s reelection.<\/p>\n<p>According to the letter, 19 of the 27 Exco members reportedly voted unanimously in favour of the suspension of Hon. Oluwadare Kadiri (Mabaindefinite) from the Ward II APC.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"Iqafa1Ospl\">\n<p>Ogun APC suspends lawmaker accused of being behind Speaker\u2019s travails with EFCC<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-lazyloaded=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.informationng.com\/2022\/09\/about:blank\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"\u201cOgun APC suspends lawmaker accused of being behind Speaker\u2019s travails with EFCC\u201d \u2014 Latest Nigeria News | Top Stories from Ripples Nigeria\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ripplesnigeria.com\/ogun-apc-suspends-lawmaker-accused-of-being-behind-speakers-travails-with-efcc\/embed\/#?secret=1zyt9pRms2#?secret=Iqafa1Ospl\" data-secret=\"Iqafa1Ospl\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APC The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ogun State has suspended Dare Kadiri, a sitting member of the state House of Assembly, amid claims of anti-party activity. The leadership of Ward II in Ijebu North Local Government Area suspended Kadiri, a former Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, indefinitely on Sunday after accusing him of working [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1199202,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3888],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1199201","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nigeria-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199201","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1199201"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1199201\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1199201"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1199201"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1199201"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}