IBADAN—Eminent personalities including the Governor of Oyo State, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Mahmud Mohammed.and the Nigeria Bar Association, NBA, President, Mr. Austin Alege, SAN, yesterday, condemned the spate of impeachment of speakers in Nigeria by minority legislators, saying it was a bad omen for the sustenance of the nation’s democracy.

*Gov Ajimobi

The eminent personalities, who spoke at the 60th anniversary of the Ibadan Bar, particularly frowned at the recent impeachment of the Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr. Adewale Omirin, by minority members of the House.

For instance, the CJN, who was represented by a Justice of the Supreme Court, Justice Ogwuta Nwali, described such developments as nothing but an affront on the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.