President Tinubu wades into Ondo political crisis, details emerge

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has reportedly waded into the feud between Ondo state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.

A source said President Tinubu has invited members of the Ondo Assembly to Abuja.

The meeting is expected to be held on Friday, November 24 According to The Nation, prominent elders and traditional rulers in the week appealed to Tinubu to intervene in the political crisis to avert looming anarchy.

It was gathered the Ondo Assembly has been divided with 11 lawmakers now in support of Aiyedatiwa.

Sources said the 11 lawmakers were reached out to by some forces outside Ondo state.

A sitting of the lawmakers scheduled for Friday was said to have been pushed by the 11 lawmakers. One of them, who pleaded anonymity, said the sitting was part of the plans hatched in Abuja with the 11 lawmakers to declare Governor Akeredolu incapacitated and make Aiyedatiwa governor.

Speaker Oladiji Olamide, who confirmed the meeting with President Tinubu, said the outcome of the meeting would determine the next line of action.

Olamide stated that the scheduled Friday’s plenary was to announce Aiyedatiwa as acting governor and not to declare Akeredolu as incapacitated.

He said the meeting with President Tinubu would be held on Friday afternoon, November 24.

His words: “Our sitting was to declare Aiyedatiwa as Acting Governor. The Governor is still alive."