BREAKING: Lagos Assembly Suspends Council Chairman

Jelili Sulaimon, the chairman of Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State has been suspended by the Lagos State Assembly, with immediate effect.

Sitting at plenary, the lawmakers resolved the vice chairman of the council, Mr. Akinpelu Johnson, should take over the running of the council’s affairs.

The Assembly further instructed the management of the council, including the manager and treasurer, to recognise the authority of the vice chairman and accord him all the support to make him work effectively.

The chairman was suspended in a unanimous vote by the lawmakers over an alleged non-compliance, defiance and unyielding attitude to the legislative House.

Moving a motion for his suspension, the Chairman of the House Committee on Local Government Administration  and Chieftaincy Affairs, Hon. Sanni Okanlawon, recalled in April 2024, pandemonium broke out in the Iyana-Ipaja axis of Alimosho Local Government leading to the death of one Mr. Micheal Ajayi.

Hon. Okanlawon, whose committee was saddled with the responsibility to investigate the cause of the pandemonium, said that it was discovered that Jelili masterminded the chaos.

According to Okanlawon, all stakeholders involved in the issue were invited but Sulaimon had continued to show acts of misconduct to the committee of the House.