Group Accuses Aiyedatiwa's Supporters Of Frustrating Tinubu's Peace Accord

A socio-political group, Ondo State Redemption Initiative (OSRI), has accused the supporters of the state deputy governor, Hon. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, of frustrating the peaceful truce brokered by President Bola Ahmed on the political logjam in the state.

The group, in a statement jointly signed by its chairman, secretary and publicity secretary, Pastor Adebayo Ogunsanmi, Jide Oriola and Sunday Ayeni, respectively, alleged that some persons claiming to be supporting the deputy governor, had declared a total resistance to the peaceful solution brokered by the president.

The group accused the supporters of Aiyedatiwa of procuring the service of some prominent lawyers to push for the enforcement of the ‘doctrine of necessity’ to declare Akeredolu incapacitated and for his deputy to emerge as the acting governor.

According to the statement, “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 that it learnt 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 a fleet of SUVs including a bulletproof model he uses.

Speaking on the allegations levelled against the deputy governor, 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 are still making efforts to polarise the state House of Assembly for his political gain.

The statement reads in parts: “We want to once again restate that peace must reign in Ondo State. We repeat It is time for peace to reign.