Withdraw Your Suits As Condition For Settlement, Ondo Assembly Tells Aiyedatiwa

The Ondo State House of Assembly, on Wednesday, asked the embattled Deputy Governor, Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa, to withdraw all the court cases instituted against his impeachment process as part of the condition for settling the matter.

Osun Defender reports that Aiyedatiwa had filed suits both in Abuja and Akure to challenge his impeachment.

Following the intervention of the national leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress, who met with some members of the Assembly and some party leaders in Abuja, the Assembly on Tuesday halted the impeachment process against the deputy governor.

A statement by the Chairman, House Committee on Information, Mr Olatunji Oshati, on Wednesday, said, “The Speaker expressed the desire of the House leadership to further consult with members of the House cutting across party lines, on the political solution as proposed by the APC.

“The House, therefore, hopes that in the same spirit of genuine wish for a political solution, the deputy governor would take immediate steps to withdraw the multiple court cases he filed over the same impeachment.

“This would allow the stakeholders to freely discuss the settlement proposals and prevent actions or comments over a matter that is still sub judice.”