Traditionalist Begs Tinubu To Intervene In Ondo Deputy Gov Impeachment Saga

A traditionalist, Olu Fagboyegun, has called on President Bola Tinubu, to intervene in the impeachment proceeding against the Ondo State deputy governor, Lucky Aiyeditiwa.

CityNews Nigeria recalls that the Ondo State House of Assembly recently started an impeachment process to unseat Ayedatiwa, accusing him of misappropriating palliative funds, among other offences.

In the heat of the crisis, the Ondo deputy governor dragged the Ondo Assembly, his principal, Rotimi Akeredolu, and others to court to get an order to stop the impeachment process.

Addressing journalists in Osogbo, Osun State, on Tuesday, Fagboyegun called on President Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in the State with immediate effect to avoid bloodshed.

Fagboyegun also urged the governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, to stop those hurling insults at the people of Ilaje extraction, where Aiyeditiwa hails from, to deescalate tension.

He urged residents of Ondo state, especially the youth, to remain calm and allow the Rule of Law to take its cause in the matter, adding that party conflict had in the past plunged the State into crises that led to the loss of lives and destruction of properties.

He said, “We demand an end to the impeachment proceeding against our duly elected deputy governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyeditiwa. We, the people of Ondo state, elected him, together with the incumbent governor.

“That the governor should address us (his people), to distance himself from all the unruliness of those hauling barrage of insults at the deputy governor and the entire Ilaje People.

“That if above fails to materialise, His Excellency, the President and Commander-In-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria should immediately declare of state of emergency in Ondo state before the degenerates into bloodshed”