House Recovenes Tuesday As Only 3 Of 26 Members Oppose Impeachment Of Ondo Dep Gov

Three  of the 26 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have declined to sign the impeachment notice served on the deputy governor of the State, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa bordering on alleged misconduct.

The misconduct is alleged to pertain to the allegation that while serving as acting governor that he endorsed the purchase of a N300 million bullet proof vehicle for himself. The allegation has since been debunked by Aiyedatiwa.

According to Vanguard at least 21 members of the ruling APC and two members of the opposition People’s Democratic Party signed the notice. Two members of the PDP and one member of the APC from the deputy governor’s council area, Ese- Odo declined to sign the notice.

It was alleged that Aiyedatiwa while he was the acting governor, reportedly approved N300 million for the purchase of a bulletproof SUV for his personal use. Aiyedatiwa was alleged to have ordered the N300 million to be sourced from the Palliative fund, which was from the Federal government to state in order to cushion the effect of the removal of fuel subsidy.

Allegation of gross misconduct, a fabricated lie —Aiyedatiwa

Meanwhile, a close aide to Aiyedatiwa, told Vanguard that the alleged purchase of vehicle by his principal was “a fabricated lie. Speaking in confidence, he said that, “there was no such SUV in existence and at no time did the deputy governor or anyone for that matter purchase any armoured SUV for the use of his office.

The acting governor did not purchase any vehicle at anytime. As at today, there is no official armoured vehicle in his convoy.

In fact, the armoured Mercedes Benz SUV he uses as official car is his personal vehicle which he has been using since he became deputy governor.

“Every item in government procurement has a budget head and therefore, it is not possible to bypass the budget and use palliatives money for the purchase of government vehicles. The mention of palliatives in the false media reports is an attempt to turn the good people of Ondo State against the Deputy Governor in order to attract public support for the illegality being planned against him. The people of Ondo Stage are more intelligent than to fall for such cheap lies,” the source said in rebuffing the impeachment plot against Aiyedatiwa..

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