Edo Assembly Suspends LG Boss Over Illegal Trip Abroad

The Edo State House of Assembly
yesterday suspended the Chairman of
Orhionmwon Local Government Area of
the state, Chief Roland Ibierutowhen, for
allegedly using the council’s fund to
junket his family and 12 counsellors to
Italy.
In a move that signaled the anti-
corruption and no-nonsense attitude of
Governor Adams Oshiomhole’s
administra-tion, the lawmakers also
announced the suspension of the
Chairman of Uhunmwode Local
Government Area, Mr. Roland Alari. Alari
was alleged to have assaulted a councillor
for some undisclosed disagreement at the
council secretariat.
The legislative House acted on a petition
letter sent to it by the Orhionmwon Youth
Congress (OYC) in which it accused
Ibierutowhen of junketing all over Italy
with his wife and daughter as well as with
the 12 councillors on public expense. The
youths had taken their anger to the
Benin- Onitsha Highway, protesting what
they described as the inappropriate trip.
The placards-carrying protesters with
various inscriptions such as “Stop looting
Orhionmwon treasury,” “Develop Abudu
with our money,” and “Probe
Ibierutowhen now,” said their action was
informed by the information at their
disposal that Ibierutowhen, who was
supposed to be at his duty post at Abudu,
went frolicking in Italy with his family and
others at public expense.
They, therefore, called on Governor
Oshiomhole, the Assembly and the
Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) to probe the council
chairman for prosecution.