A socio-political group, the Ondo State Redemption Initiative (OSRI), has expressed its displeasure over alleged efforts by some individuals in the state to frustrate the peace accord brokered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu between supporters of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu and those of his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
In a statement jointly signed by its Chairman, Secretary and Publicity Secretary, Pastor Adebayo Ogunsanmi, Jide Oriola and Sunday Ayeni respectively, the group alleged that some persons in the camp of the deputy governor have declared a total resistance to the peaceful solution proferred by the president.
The group alleged that the supporters of Aiyedatiwa are procuring the services of some prominent lawyers to push for the enforcement of doctrine of necessity to declare Akeredolu incapacitated and for his deputy to be declared as the Acting Governor.
“We are very aware that it was true that Aiyedatiwa was asked to sign an undated letter of resignation in the Abuja resolution in the presence of the president.
“But to our surprise, the deputy governor attended and chaired the state Executive Council meeting on Thursday and told the cabinet a different story,” the group stated.
The group further alleged that it gathered that the deputy governor claimed that Governor Akeredolu didn’t carry him along in governance to prevent him from helping his followers.
It also claimed the deputy governor was also collecting millions of naira as allowance monthly besides fleet of SUVs, including a bulletproof model he uses.
Speaking on the allegations levelled against the deputy governor by the state assembly, the group suggested that Investigation should have been conducted to ascertain the veracity of the allegations.
It also disclosed that some supporters of the deputy governor have concluded on plans to polarize the state house of assembly as part of the grand plans to truncate the peace accord.
“Once again, we want to restate that peace must reign in Ondo State. We repeat that it is time for peace to reign.
“We want to urge the deputy governor to respect the terms of the peace brokered by the presidency,” the statement read.
