Caption: Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Secretary to the Government of Ondo State, Princess Oladunni Odu and Speaker Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Oladiji Olamide during a reconciliation meeting on the political crisis between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his deputy at Presidential Villa Friday Night in Abuja.
The Ondo State Commissioner for Information, Bamidele Ademola-Olateju, has disclosed that President Bola Tinubu, during his intervention in the political crisis in the state, requested a signed resignation letter from the Deputy Governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
Tinubu intervention means that Akeredolu remains the governor of the state while Aiyedatiwa remains the deputy governor.
However, Ademola-Olateju, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Lunchtime Politics on Friday, said that the President asked the deputy governor for a signed undated resignation later in case anything untoward happens.
He did not state whether the deputy governor obliged by signing such undated letter.
The commissioner said: “First of all, before I even talk about the Abuja meeting I just want to thank the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, for being a very good leader, wielding into the crisis in Ondo State.
“His intervention has cooled the temperature that was just going haywire in Ondo State, we thank him. At the Abuja meeting, key decisions were made by Mr President who is the leader of our party the All Progressives Congress. Those key decisions were that the status quo in the state be maintained.
“He decided that the executive council must not be dissolved under any condition and the party structure should be maintained, that the leadership of the House of Assembly should be intact and he nominated three people; the Secretary to the State Government, the party chairman and the speaker of the house to be the enforcers and to forestall further problems.
“He asked for the signed resignation letter of Honourable Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Deputy Governor undated in case anything untoward happens, so that is what I know,” the commissioner said.
