Some members of the Oyo State House of Assembly have initiated an impeachment process against the state Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan.

This was made known through a petition brought to the Assembly plenary on Wednesday and presided over by the Speaker of the Assembly, Adebo Ogundoyin.

Report has it that the Deputy Governor Engr Rauf Olaniyan some days back defected from Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the All Progressives Congress (APC),an action which prompted some Assembly members to petition the house over what they described as gross misconduct.

The petition was signed by twenty-four, 24 members out of the 32 members of the Assembly.

The 24 lawmakers in the petition said the failure of the Deputy Governor to respond to the allegations will lead to impeachment.

The petition titled “Petition and notice of an allegation of the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency, Engineer Rauf Olaniyan”, was read by the Clerk of the House, Yetunde Awe.

Some of the allegations levelled against the Deputy Governor include; gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office, official duty and insubordination and other offences.

The lawmakers who signed the petition maintained that their action was in line with the provision of the constitution.

They said, “Consequent upon listed below, we the under listed elected Honourable members of the 9th assembly hereby allege the Deputy Governor of Oyo State, His Excellency Eng. Rauf Olaniyan with the following allegations:

Gross misconduct, abuse of office, financial recklessness, abandonment of office, official duty and Insubordination and other offences.

This is in accordance to the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in 2011. Section 188”.