Sowore: Governor Akeredolu must resign due to incapacitation
A social and human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has insisted that the Ondo State Governor Rotimi Akeredolu must resign because he is no longer capable of governing the state.
The publisher of Sahara Reporters argued that President Bola Tinubu shouldn’t intervene in the Ondo State political affairs. The president has asked the stakeholders in the state to maintain the status quo and let the ailing Ondo Governor continue to lead the state from Ibadan.
Mr. Akeredolu spent three months in Germany, where he had gone to receive medical attention. He returned to the country in September, but he has not been to the state since that time. He is recuperating from his private home in inada, several kilometers away from Akure.
Sowore, an indigene of Ondo State, said that he rejected the so-called intervention of Bola Tinubu. He talked on X, formerly Twitter, and tagged both Bola Tinubu and Rotimi Akeredolu.
H tweeted, “Let’s remind @officialABAT that his so-called intervention in Ondo state to prop up an obviously incapacitated Governor @RotimiAkeredolu is unacceptable, and hereby loudly rejected! Akeredolu must resume or RESIGN!”
Sowore gave Akeredolu, who made attempts to impeach his deputy Lucky Aiyedatiwa upon his return to the country. He weaponized the Ondo State House of Assembly to remove the deputy, who was fast enough to stop the orchestrated plan.
After the stakeholders meeting yesterday at the presidential villa, Abuja, Ajuri Ngalele, the spokesperson for the president released a statement.
The statement reads, “In his bid to restore political stability in Ondo State, President Bola Tinubu, late on Friday, waded into the months-long crisis between factions loyal to the Executive Governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, and the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
“This followed marathon negotiations between the President and the Deputy Governor, representatives of Governor Akeredolu, federal and state lawmakers of Ondo, officials of the state’s chapter of the All Progressives’ Congress, and other stakeholders in the state at the State House, Abuja
“The President advised all opposing parties to bury the hatchet and embrace peace, eliciting commitments to this effect. This means that Governor Akeredolu remains Chief Executive of the State, Aiyedatiwa remains Deputy Governor, and members of the State Executive Council continue their respective duties, even as the leadership of the State’s House of Assembly and the APC Chapter in Ondo State is preserved.
“Mr. Aiyedatiwa, who declared his decision to maintain the status quo and unite all the factions, 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.”
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