Ondo State is one of the states where the impeachment of deputy governors is not new. Already, two deputy governors, Olanusi Ali and Agboola Ajayi have had a taste of the bitter political hobby. Only last week, Ondo legislators served an impeachment notice on Lucky Aiyedatiwa the current deputy governor over allegations of gross misconduct.
Aiyedatiwa acted as governor of the state until September 7, 2023 when the substantive governor Rotimi Akeredolu SAN returned from a three-month medical leave.
Unfortunately, the House of Assembly has not properly educated the public on Aiyedatiwa’s list of gross violations. An opportunity presented to the House last Tuesday by channels television was poorly utilised by the tongue-tied presentation of its spokesperson and chairman of the House committee on Information, Oshati Olatunji.
All that Oshati did was to repeatedly affirm that the proposed impeachment was not a witch-hunt while failing to underscore its inevitability. Viewers were left to feel that the allegation of misappropriation of N300 million was a political story. Considering that the House considers the matter strong enough to warrant an impeachment proceeding, the public expects a thorough investigation of the allegation.
In 2019, the leadership of the assembly allegedly hatched a plan to arm twist their state governor whom they felt was frugal and who refused to release funds to them for the renovation of their deplorable chambers constructed in 1976. The game plan was to fabricate a story of snake invasion of the chambers as well as the collapse of the ceiling during plenary. Using intelligence from his loyalists in the House, the governor openly castigated the legislators for fabricating the story.
On further probing, the media gathered that N2m was allocated to the assembly every year for the past ten years for fumigation of the complex while N57m allocation was given to the legislators on monthly basis. Although the law-makers managed to hold-on to their cock and bull claim, the matter died a natural death. How are we sure that the new attack on the deputy governor is not another plot?
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Governor Akeredolu's residence in Ibadan stirs controversy in OndoSince returning from a three-month medical leave in Germany on 8 September, Ondo State Governor Akeredolu has been in his...
Read more »
Akeredolu Not Involved In Move To Impeach DeputyThe Ondo State House of Assembly on Wednesday levelled different allegations against the deputy governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, as part of efforts to remove him from office.
Read more »
Ondo APC won’t meddle in deputy gov impeachment processAdetimehin, in an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday, said the impeachment proceedings were totally a legislative affair and the party would not meddle in it.
Read more »
Impeachment: Ondo Assembly gives Deputy Gov Aiyedatiwa 7-day ultimatumOndo State House of Assembly has given the Deputy Governor of the State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa a seven-day ultimatum to respond to the corruption allegations
Read more »
‘Just Defend Allegations Against You,’ Ondo Assembly Denies Witch-Hunt Of Deputy GovSpokesperson for the lawmakers maintained they are not with-hunting the Deputy Governor, but said that he has to defend himself from allegation of misconduct levelled against him.
Read more »
Cardoso, deputy CBN governors assume office 'after taking relevant oaths'The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said Olayemi Cardoso has resumed as the acting governor of the apex bank, as he awaits the approval of the senate.
Read more »