*We are investigating not witch-hunting Aiyedatiwa – Assembly House Chairman
By KEMI KASUMU
Contrary to insinuation that Ondo State Governor Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) is responsible for the plight of his deputy, Sir Lucky Aiyedatiwa, leading to his planned impeachment by the state House of Assembly, the real people behind the plan and their reason have been revealed.
This was as Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), said it has never occurred to him neither does he believe that Governor Akeredolu, a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), is involved in the move to impeach.
To the senior lawyer, who spoke on Channels Television’s Politics Today Thursday night, people who are charged by the law to create checks and balances in powers that is the elected lawmakers in the state House of Assembly are the ones behind the impeachment.
The reason for action of the legislators, who are only doing what they are constitutionally charged to do, is to make the deputy governor clear himself of various allegations levelled against him or otherwise.
The DEFENDER gathered that the Ondo State House of Assembly had levelled different allegations against Aiyedatiwa as part of the impeachment move against the deputy governor.
Aiyedatiwa was the acting governor until September 7, 2023, when Governor Rotimi Akeredolu returned from his three months medical leave in Europe precisely Germany, and many have pointed accusing fingers on the governor over the impeachment move.
However, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, speaking in defence of the governor, said Akeredolu has no intention of causing political strife in his state.
“The governor and the deputy are from the same political party, that is why I asked that his intervention is necessary because he claims to be in support of the governor because allegedly the acting governor was disloyal when he was acting in his absence which I believe probably may not be the case,” he said.
Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Oshati Olatunji, who was also a guest on Channels Television’s Politics Today on Thursday, maintained that they are not witch-hunting the Deputy Governor, but he said that Aiyedatiwa has to defend himself from allegation of misconduct levelled against him.
“There are some allegations that borders on emotions, we don’t want to take it up emotionally, which by the time we finish our investigations we will be able to explain better. There are many allegations and it borders on misconduct.
“It is our duty that when you receive a petition, it is best thing for us to look into it. We have said it on several fora that we are not witch-hunting, we are just doing our job and our job is to investigate and by the time we finish the investigation the whole world will see. We are not after witch-hunting anybody; we are after sanitising the system,” Honourable Olatunji said.
The Spokesman said that the House of Assembly has sent invitation to the Deputy Governor to come and defend himself. According to him, he has seven days to appear before the House.
