A well known socio-political group in Ondo State, Ondo State Redemption Initiative (OSRI), has expressed its dissatisfaction with actions of some political bigwigs loyal to the Deputy Governor to frustrate the Abuja peaceful truce initiatiated by President Tinubu.
This was revealed in a statement jointly signed by the group Chairman, Secretary and Publicity Secretary, Pastor Adebayo Ogunsanmi, Jide Oriola and Sunday Ayeni respectively.
In the statement, it was alleged that some political leaders loyal to the Deputy Governor are doing everything humanly possible to resist the peaceful solution pronounced by the president.
Equally, the group alleged the supporters of Aiyedatiwa of engaging lawyers to ensure doctrine of necessity to declare Akeredolu incapacitated.
In the statement: “We are very aware that it was true that Aiyedatiwa was asked to sign an undated letter of resignation in the Abuja resolution in the presence of the president.
“But to our surprise, the deputy governor attended and chaired the state Executive Council meeting on Thursday and told the cabinet a different story.”
The group stated that it learnt the deputy governor claimed that Governor Akeredolu didn’t carry him along in governance to prevent him from helping his followers
Speaking on the allegations levelled against the deputy governor, the group leaders in their statement suggested that thorough Investigation should have been conducted to ascertain the true state of the allegations.
It also revealed that some supporters of the deputy governor are still making efforts to polarise the state House of Assembly for his political gain.
The statement reads in parts: “We want to once again restate that peace must reign in Ondo State. We repeat It is time for peace to reign.
“We want to urge the deputy governor to respect the terms of the peace brokered by the presidency.”
