Olamide Oladiji, the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, stated that Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is not yet prepared for true reconciliation, which would necessitate ending the impeachment proceedings between him and the state lawmakers.
Oladiji made this revelation over the weekend in Akure, the state capital, stating that Aiyedatiwa had not yet withdrawn the complaints against the Assembly, as had been previously agreed upon in a meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leadership.
Aiyedatiwa had petitioned the court a few weeks prior to stop the impeachment process since the Assembly had accused him of egregious misbehavior.
“The reconciliation process has to start with the deputy governor. He is the one who took us to court; we cannot reconcile ourselves when we have cases in court.
“Let him go to court and withdraw all these cases; then we would know that we are now in for genuine reconciliation.
“As far as the House of Assembly is concerned, we are not doing anything. The cases are in court and we would follow due process; we are following up on the cases in court.”
On the purported division among members of the Assembly, Oladiji described it as false.
He stated:
“When there is a political tussle like this, there can be insinuations and rumours, but in the House of Assembly, we are together. We told ourselves that it is an institution, and the institution must be protected. So, we are together.”