These are not the best of times for former Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State as the Lagos State Assembly on Thursday, October 10th, 2019 threatened to arrest him if he fails to appear before the House.

The House has set up a committee to investigate 820 buses purchased by the former governor in the twilight of his administration.

The committee chairman, Fatai Mojeed in his report, stated that out of the 20 officials summoned by the committee, only four did not appear and they include; former Commissioner for Finance, Economic Planning, Justice/Attorney General, and Permanent Secretary Economic Planning. Hence, the Committee could not come up with a comprehensive report.

He added that the Committee also demanded for the transaction vouchers of the buses purchased, and the only response received from the Accountant General of the State, was that she relied on the governor’s approval.

“Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode did not report to the House before commencing on the purchase of the buses in question, and investigation revealed that over N48 billion was committed to the project, excluding the import duty totally N20.2billion. Out of 820 buses in question, 570 are still at the Nigerian Port Authority, Lagos.”

Gbolahan Yishawu, condemned the act by the last administration and maintained that the purchase was in violation of the Lagos State Procurement Laws which the Ambode’s administration even refused to revert to the House before going ahead to purchase the vehicles.