Ondo House of Assembly has agreed to stay action in the ongoing move to impeach the state deputy governor, Lucky Ayiedatiwa.
A decision to this effect was reached on Tuesday, October 17, after a closed-door meeting with the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
Aiyedatiwa has been under the threat of impeachment by the House over allegations of gross misconduct and has been served with notice of the allegations levelled against him by the lawmakers.
The meeting which lasted for about two hours had in attendance members of the party’s NWC, the Aminu Bello Masari-led 9-man Reconciliation Committee, party state chairman, Ade Adetimilehin and 18 of the 22 APC lawmakers led by the speaker, Rt. Hon. Oladeji Olamide.
Addressing newsmen after the meeting the chairman of the reconciliation committee, Aminu Bello Masari said that the national leadership was committed to finding a lasting solution to the crisis in the state.
The former Kastina state governor further said that all actions towards the impeachment of the deputy governor have been put on hold to enable his committee to reach out to all stakeholders.
He said: “We are working hard with the House of Assembly and the National leadership of the party to find a lasting solution to the crisis bedevilling our party and the government in Ondo state.
All actions for the pros and against have been suspended for now to allow the committee to complete its work.
“The Speaker House of Assembly is here with us, he will collaborate with the leader of the party to see the final stand of the APC National Working Committee.”
He said: “We were invited by the National chairman and the chairman of the Reconciliation Committee. We promised to work with the national chairman and the chairman of the reconciliation committee to find a lasting solution to the political crisis in Ondo state.
We gave a promise that on our part, we are ready to cooperate as an arm of government with the party. At the same time, whenever they want to meet us, we will be of help to the committee.
“More importantly, we will allow the committee to do their work without hitches. Apart from that, we believe this is the only political solution that will be of help to resolve the crisis in Ondo State.”
Appreciating all the stakeholders in the crisis for allowing a political solution to the impasse in the state, the APC National Chairman said the decision by the lawmakers to ceasefire showed that they are democrats and committed party faithful.
