BREAKING: Plot to impeach Ondo Deputy Governor thickens as Assembly begins process
Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the controversial deputy governor of Ondo state, may be impeached shortly by the state House of Assembly for suspected egregious misconduct.
According to a trustworthy source, some parliamentarians have signed the impeachment notice against the deputy governor.
The presence of strong security operatives at the Assembly gate yesterday was an indication of this, as was an emergency plenary session called by the assembly leadership.
According to a source, the deputy governor is being investigated for alleged flagrant misuse of office.
It was said that Aiyedatiwa, while acting governor, authorised N300 million for the purchase of a bulletproof SUV for his own use following the governor’s medical vacation, Rotimi Akeredolu.
Remember that the governor spent three months in Germany for medical treatment.
Aiyedatiwa was accused of ordering the N300 million to be taken from the Palliative fund, which was sent from the Federal government to the state to mitigate the impact of the cessation of gasoline subsidies.
Remember that the governor fired all of the media aides assigned to the deputy governor for alleged insubordination?
Rumours of an underground plot to impeach the deputy governor abounded following the governor’s dismissal of his staffers.
However, this development comes only days after the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Rt Hon Olamide Oladiji, denied the possibility of an impeachment plan against the deputy governor.
“There is no underground plot to impeach the deputy governor,” Oladiji stated.
” There is nothing like that, you know the social media can write anything they like, but it is not true.
” Nothing like that is going on. As I am talking to you, I’m in Abuja for the Speakers’ conference. So, there is nothing like that.”
Corroborating the Speaker, the Majority Leader of the Assembly, Mr Oluwole Ogunmolasuyi, said the rumour should be ignored.
“Nobody is plotting any move to impeach the deputy governor.
” We are busy with what will bring development to the state. What is of importance to us is to carry out our duties.
Recall that a few days after the sack of the deputy governor’s aides, his resignation letter went viral on social media.
But in a swift response, the deputy governor denied resigning his position.
Aiyedatiwa in a statement issued and personally signed by him in Akure, the state capital, denied a purported pre-signed resignation letter said to be circulating in the public domain.
According to him ” My attention has been drawn to a rumour of a purported pre-signed
resignation letter, signed by me, being circulated in the public domain.
“I wish to state that I, Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State have not, do not intend and will not sign/author any letter resigning my position as the duly elected Deputy Governor in a joint ticket with my principal the Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu SAN,CON.
” I took an oath the day I was sworn in along with Mr. Governor on February
24th, 2021 to protect the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on a
four (4) year mandate which terminates in February 23rd, 2025.” I remain loyal to my Principal and I stand by the oath I took with the Bible to run the full cycle of the four year tenure with Mr. Governor.
He added that ” To this end I urge the people of Ondo State, the State Assembly and the general public to disregard such letter now and in the future.
The Chairman, House committee on information, Hon.Olatunji Oshati Emmanuel, could not be reached for comment as the plenary was still on as at the time of filling in the report.
Also, government officials kept mum on the development in the assembly.
Aides to the deputy governor denied the allegation of the purchase of vehicle by their boss while acting as the deputy governor.
According to one of his aides, ” they’re are just looking for excuses. But they will fail because they’ve always failed in all their efforts to bring the deputy governor down.