Oyo Assembly Majority Leader, Adedoyin accuses colleague of defamation, demands probe
The Majority Leader of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Hon. Onaolapo Sanjo Adedoyin, on Tuesday accused a fellow lawmaker, Hon. Ibrahim Shittu, representing Saki West State Constituency, of making defamatory and malicious allegations against him and the leadership of the Assembly.
Adedoyin, who represents Ogbomoso South, raised the matter as a personal explanation on the floor of the House during the first resumed plenary sitting of the House on Tuesday, January 20, 2026.
Visibly angered by the development, Majority Leader described the allegations as a grave infringement on his legislative privileges and a direct attack on his integrity and the institution of the Oyo State House of Assembly.
Addressing the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Adebo Ogundoyin, and other lawmakers, Adedoyin said the controversy arose from a speech delivered by Shittu during a public programme in Saki Town, which was subsequently circulated widely across social media platforms, including Facebook, X, YouTube and several news blogs.
“In that speech, I was falsely accused of offering and receiving bribes from the Chairman of Saki West Local Government to influence or alter the course of an investigation into allegations against him,” Adedoyin said.
Speaking further, he said, “I categorically and unequivocally state that these allegations are baseless, malicious and entirely untrue.”
He explained that he merely acted on the directive of the Speaker to look into petitions submitted against the local government chairman, insisting that due process was strictly followed.