APC, PDP EXCHANGE WORDS OVER GOV. AKEREDOLU’S HEALTH
Read Time:3 Minute, 24 Second
Reactions from the state’s stakeholders have continued as a result of Rotimi Akeredolu, the governor of Ondo State, returning to the nation and staying at his home in Ibadan, Oyo State.
Following his return from a medical vacation last Thursday, Akeredolu has been residing at his home in Ibadan, prompting a verbal spat between the state chapters of the main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party, and the ruling All Progressives Congress.
The measure for the establishment of local council development regions in the state was signed into law shortly after the governor returned from a medical vacation, and he thanked the people of the state for their support during this tough time.
The PDP said that the governor’s failure to return to the state after his medical vacation was a sign that he was unfit to do so, despite hastily travelling there out of fear of being removed from office.
The opposition, the APC urged, should engage in constructive criticism rather than casting aspersions, saying the PDP’s statement proved they wanted the governor killed.
In a statement by the Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Mrs Kennedy Peretei, on Friday, the opposition party said, “The Governor of Ondo State, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, is still nowhere to be found, eight days since he claimed he had resumed duties as Governor after his three months medical leave in Germany.”
“Last week, we challenged the rationale for Akeredolu calling for a meeting in his Ibadan residence, instead of Ondo State where he was elected to govern. Up till this moment, the governor has not been seen anywhere near Ondo State.
“Akeredolu is beginning to fuel media speculations that, against the advice of his doctors, he was hurriedly brought into Nigeria to foil an impeachment process. He also ordered an upgrade of his Ibadan residence to include a replica of the executive council chambers, from where he intends to hold exco meetings.
Does Akeredolu want to make Ibadan the capital of Ondo State? What is the hurry to resume all about, if he cannot come to Ondo State?
“Would it not have made more sense if he was still attending to his health abroad? Why did he say he had resumed when indeed he had not? Our party wishes to advise Akeredolu to come to Ondo State to complete his tenure.”
However, the APC in a reaction by its Publicity Secretary, Alex Kalejaiye, said the governor had been attending to state matters the way he ought to.
It said, “It is unbelievable that the PDP is having a grouse with the location of our Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. This is a clear indication that the opposition party never wanted Arakunrin back alive.
“The crux of the matter is that Mr Governor has been attending to state matters, since his arrival the way he ought to, irrespective of location. This is an indisputable reality. I sympathise with the PDP; it is a crisis-ridden political party that is bereft of ideas, and no longer coherent and constructive.” I didn’t resign my position, says deputy governor
On Friday, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the deputy governor of Ondo State, refuted a claim that he had signed a letter of pre-resignation.
Aiyedatiwa asserted that he was unaware of the supposed resignation letter that had recently been making the rounds on social media.
He indicated that he has no intention of resigning from his position as the second-ranking man in the state.
According to a statement by the governor’s chief press secretary, Richard Olatunde, the embattled deputy governor’s media assistants had been fired earlier in the week.
However, in a statement Aiyedatiwa issued on Friday, he said, “I took an oath the day I was sworn in along with Mr Governor on February 24, 2021, to protect the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on a four-year mandate which terminates on February 23, 2025, remain loyal to my principal and stand by the oath taken with the Bible to run the full cycle of the four-year tenure with Mr Governor.”
Happy
0 %
Sad
0 %
Excited
0 %
Sleepy
0 %
Angry
0 %
Surprise
0 %
0
0