The governor of Ondo State, Rotimi Akeredolu, is not a party to the state House of Assembly’s motion to remove his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, according to Senior Advocate of Nigeria Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa.
In an effort to impeach the deputy governor, the Ondo State House of Assembly has made a number of allegations against Aiyedatiwa.
Aiyedatiwa served as governor in an acting capacity until September 7, 2023, when Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor, returned from a three-month medical leave in Germany, with many blaming him for the impeachment motion.
Adegboruwa, a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, defended the governor by asserting that Akeredolu has no desire to incite political unrest in his state.
“You know how politics go in Nigeria, people just cook up all manner of allegations in respect with whatever political allegations that they have.
“I know his excellency, the governor of Ondo state as a man of courage, transparency and accountability. I am sure he is not involved in all this.
“I believe that in the course of time, he will play his fatherly role and call all the gladiators to order and let governance take its centre stage in that state. I don’t think that this is the time for this kind of political tension,” said Adegboruwa.
The SAN proposed that for progress and unification to occur, the political landscape must reach a point where those in positions of authority must find a way to set aside their personal interests in order to advance government.
“My grouse is simply that these opportunities for people to lead their state correctly should not be dwarfed by matters of lack of due process in order to make sure the responsibility entrusted to them by the people is executed faithfully.
“The governor and the deputy are from the same political party, that is why I asked that his intervention is necessary because he claims to be in support of the governor because allegedly the acting governor was disloyal when he was acting in his absence which I believe probably may not be the case.”
The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Oshati Olatunji, who was also a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, maintained that they are not witch-hunting the Deputy Governor, but said that he has to defend himself from allegation of misconduct levelled against him.
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