The Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa; members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, led by their Speaker, Oladiji Olamide; and other interested parties in the political crisis rocking the state, following Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s face-off with his deputy, have accepted the intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The Deputy Governor and Speaker made this known on Friday after their meeting with Tinubu in Abuja.
Speaking after the almost six hours meeting with Tinubu and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in Ondo State, Aiyedatiwa said: “I want to say that I pledge to all of you that I embrace every one of you.
“I put behind all that has happened before now.
“I’ve let go and also let God, just as the President has advised us.
“And I want to say that no offence, no guile in my mind whatsoever.
“All that has happened is politics.
“Impeachment is part of politics.
“If you survive it, it is also politics.
“It has come.
“I’ve survived it and every other thing in his past.
“It is one big family and our father has intervened to bring all the children together to remain under the same family and with the position that I occupy, I will carry every one of you along in every decision that needs to be taken and everything that we do we will work together.
“The executive and the legislature will work together to ensure that governance is on the right track.”
Aiyedatiwa pleaded with all members of the Ondo State Executive Council to cooperate with Akeredolu and himself to “bring the dividend of democracy” to the people, adding: “We should respect one another regarding the offices we occupy and our age differences.
“So, it’s going to be mutual respect.
“And I want to assure the party structure that we will work together because the party is supreme.
“We will always give you the due respect.”
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Olamide, who read the resolution of the meeting, said: “Our resolution is that one: We shall embrace peace.
“Secondly, there would be no more dissolution of the cabinet and the Deputy Governor would maintain status quo as far as the House of Assembly leadership is concerned.
“We will maintain status quo as far as the party leadership in the state is concerned and maintain status quo as far as the leadership of the State House of Assembly is concerned.
“Thank you, Mr. President.”
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