Akeredolu And Aiyedatiwa ‘Embrace Peace’ As Tinubu Wades In

President Bola Tinubu has waded into the rift between Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, South-West Nigeria, and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.

Gatekeepers News reports that President Tinubu met with Aiyedatiwa, members of the Ondo House of Assembly, and chieftains of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Friday night for more than five hours in Aso Rock.

Governor Akeredolu was, however, absent.

Akeredolu returned to Nigeria in the first week of September after a three-month medical leave in Germany.

, who was on a is in a disagreement with his deputy, returned to Nigeria in the first week of September after a three-month medical leave in Germany.

Since his return, there have been a disagreement between him and his deputy, and several attempts to impeach Aiyedatiwa by the House of Assembly.

After the meeting with the president, the deputy Ondo governor said he has put everything behind him and that all that has happened is “politics”.

Aiyedatiwa said, “And I want to say that no offence, no guile in my mind whatsoever. All that has happened is politics.

“Impeachment is part of politics. If you survive it, it is also politics. It has come. I have survived it and every other thing is in the past.

“It is one big family and our father has intervened to bring all the children together to remain under the same family and with the position that I occupy, I will carry every one of you along in every decision that needs to be taken and everything that we do we will work together; the executive and the legislature will work together to ensure that governance is on the right track.”

He promised to carry all Ondo commissioners along as he deputises Akeredolu in running the state.

On his part the Speaker of Ondo Assembly, Oladiji Olamide, said they have all agreed to maintain “status quo” by not going ahead with impeachment proceedings against Aiyedatiwa.

Olamide said, “Our resolution is that one, we shall embrace peace.

“Secondly, there would be no more dissolution of the cabinet and the deputy governor would maintain the status quo as far as the house of assembly leadership is concerned.

“We will maintain the status quo as far as the party leadership in the state is concerned and maintain the status quo as far as the leadership of the state house of assembly is concerned.”