The leadership of the Ondo State House of Assembly has said it would consult with minority political parties in the Assembly on the political solution being proposed by the All Progressives Congress on its move to impeach the deputy governor, Agboola Ajayi.
It said it hoped the deputy governor would take immediate steps to withdraw the multiple court cases he filed over the same impeachment to allow stakeholders to freely discuss the settlement proposals and prevent actions or comments over a matter that was still subjudice.
A spokesman for the Assembly, Olatunji Oshati, said the lawmakers were ready to apply a “political solution” to the impeachment plan against Aiyedatiwa.
Olatunji Oshati, the spokesperson for the state house of assembly revealed this in a statement issued in Akure, the state capital.
Oshati said the assembly was exercising its power in section 188 of the Nigerian constitution in the impeachment proceeding against Aiyedatiwa.
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He said the House leadership would further consult with members of the House cutting across party lines, on the political solution as proposed by the APC.
The statement read: “Following the intervention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Dr Umar Abdullahi Ganduje, the APC members in Ondo State House of Assembly have agreed to consider the possibility of a political solution on the impeachment proceedings against the State Deputy Governor, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa.
“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 subjudice.”