Bola Ahmed Tinubu has interfered in the ongoing political crisis in Ondo State, asking Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa to sign an unsigned resignation letter. This is a huge move.
This information was revealed by Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, the Commissioner of Ondo State, on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics. She said that Tinubu requested a formal resignation from the deputy governor, with no date, in case something went wrong.
Thursday’s state executive council meeting was presided over by Deputy Governor Aiyedatiwa, signalling a significant development following months of political strife with Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.
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The Presidency acknowledged that Tinubu’s intervention resulted in a decision that kept Aiyedatiwa in her capacity as deputy governor and kept Akeredolu in her position as governor.
Ademola-Olateju, stated, “First of all before I even talk about the Abuja meeting I just want to thank Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for being a very good leader, wielding into the crisis in Ondo State
“His intervention has cooled the temperature that was just going haywire in Ondo State, we thank him. At the Abuja meeting, key decisions were made by Mr President who is the leader of our party the All Progressives Congress. Those key decisions were that the status quo in the state be maintained.
“He decided that the executive council must not be dissolved under any condition and the party structure should be maintained, that the leadership of the House of Assembly should be intact and he nominated three people; the Secretary to the State Government, the party chairman and the speaker of the house to be the enforcers and to forestall further problems.
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“He asked for the signed resignation letter of Honourable Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Deputy Governor undated in case anything untoward happens, so that is what I know,” the commissioner disclosed.
In addition, the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly dropped an appeal against the Federal High Court of Abuja’s decision to stay Aiyedatiwa’s scheduled impeachment from the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
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