By Adebola Adeyileka
The
member representing Ondo community at the Ondo state House of Assembly, Mr.
Afolabi Akinsiku has ran into problems with the residents of the town for
failing to make impact in their lives since he became a member of the House in
2007.
Cross-section
of residents of the town that spoke with our reporters were full of anger for
the arrogance of the lawmaker, popularly known as ‘Send Me,’ for his inability
to influence developmental projects to Ondo town, in spite of the over N175
million he had collected as constituency allowance.
In
the words of Chief Olu Adedayo, who expressed his opinion on the issue, in Losunla area
of Ondo town, "Mr. Afolabi Akinsiku is a bad example of representative in view
of his self-centeredness, greediness and nonchalant attitude to community
development."
He
described ‘Send Me’ as a "wicked" politician that the Ondo people must drag
before anti graft agencies to explain how the money that was budgeted as
constituency allowances for Ondo town since 2007, when he started his
representation, was spent.
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| Mr. Afolabi Akinsiku |
The
people of Okedasa, Oke Agunla, Okelisa, Yaba, Lotogbe, Ademulegun Road, Oke Osun, Sokoti, Surulere, Akinjise and
other streets also in the town have also threatened to drag Akinsiku before the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), so as to explain how he has been spending
the constituency allowances of Ondo town since he became a lawmaker.
It
will be recalled that an Ondo local vernacular newspaper; KAKAKI ONDO
exposed the lawmaker in its recent edition, when the Ondo people asked Akinsiku
to come and point at any developmental projects he had influenced to Ondo
kingdom since 2007, when he started representing them.
But, rather than explain how he had utilised
the said constituency allowances, Akinsiku collaborated with his colleagues at
the Ondo House of Assembly to invite the publisher/Editor of KAKAKI ONDO, (The Yoruba Version of ONDO TRUMPET Newspaper),
Adebola Adeyileka, to come and meet its committee on information and shed more
lights on the allegation levelled against the lawmaker by the residents of
Ondo town.
But,
the action of the House of Assembly was seen as that of being an accuser and at
the same time, a judge in a particular case by the solicitor to the community
newspaper, Barrister Akin Akinkuotu, who had since dispatched a letter to the
speaker of the House of Assembly, to let the house know the stand of the law in
regard to the matter.
The lawmaker could not be reached for his comments at the time of going
to press, as he was said to have gone underground to avoid the
wrath of the residents of Ondo town.
