EXCLUSIVE: Lagos Assembly lists Ambode’s ‘deadly sins’

The Lagos State House of Assembly has listed five ‘ sins ’ allegedly committed by a former governor of the state, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode .

The ‘ sins ’ include alleged unauthorised discounting of promissory note and purchase of 820 buses without due authorisation .

The Assembly , therefore , asked the former governor to appear before it by 1 pm on Wednesday .

This made it the second time the governor was summoned .

He was first summoned about two weeks ago alongside former government officials , including the former commissioners for Finance , Economic Planning , Justice and Attorney General, and Permanent Secretary , Economic Planning .

The House had set up an ad hoc committee to investigate some financial misappropriation during the Ambode administration .

However , according to a statement by the House , Ambode and the former government officials refused to appear before the House committee .

The House has now issued another invite to the former governor , as contained in an advert in some national dailies , including

Sunday PUNCH .

The invite was titled, ‘ Notice of summons : Mr Akinwunmi Ambode ( the former Governor of Lagos State ) , ’ and signed by the Clerk of the House , Mr A . A . Sanni .

In the new summon , the former governor was reminded of the importance of appearing before the House to shed light on a five -point infraction raised by the Assembly .

The fresh notice stated, “ The Lagos State House of Assembly , pursuant to Section 129 ( 1 ) ( c ) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria ( as amended ) hereby summons His Excellency , Mr Akinwunmi Ambode , the former Governor of Lagos State ( May, 2015 – May, 2019 ) to appear before the Committee of the House on Wednesday , October 30 , 2019 at the Lateef Jakande Auditorium , Assembly Complex , Alausa , Ikeja by 1 pm. ”

Ambode was asked to appear to clarify the following : ( 1 ) Unauthorised discounting of promissory note ; ( 2 ) Purchase of 820 buses by his administration without due authorisation ; ( 3 ) Misappropriation of Special Expenditure Funds ; ( 4 ) Improper implementation of the Appropriation Law; and ( 5 ) Non -adherence to the Financial Regulations of the state.

The notice urged the former governor to provide the Assembly ’ s committee with documents to justify that the above transactions did not violate constitutional provisions .

It read , “ You are kindly requested to furnish the committee with 15 copies each of all relevant document ( s ) relating to the issues raised through the Office of the Clerk of the House on or before Tuesday , October 29 , 2019 .

“ It is pertinent to state that your presence at the proposed meeting would give you the opportunity to shed light on issues that are material to the investigation . ”

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission had in August raided the Epe country home and Parkview Ikoyi residence of the former governor .

He had also denied that certain accounts said to have been frozen by the EFCC were linked to him , adding that no account of his contained N9 . 9 bn as the said accounts belonged to the state government .

Source via Punchng