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The peace deal brokered by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was threatened yesterday following the misinterpretation of its terms by some members of the Ondo State House of Assembly.
There was tension in the state chapter of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and the Ondo State Executive Council over a plot to unseat Governor Rotimi Akeredolu by some lawmakers who insisted that Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa should be pronounced as Acting Governor, contrary to the terms of the agreement.
Also, trouble is brewing over whether the local government election should be conducted or whether interim management committees should be set up.
The crisis escalated as pro-Ayedatiwa lawmakers claimed that the Abuja peace deal had conferred on the deputy governor the power of the Acting Governor.
However, the House of Assembly Speaker, Olamide Oladiji, disagreed, saying he would stand by the agreement reached at Aso Villa.
President Tinubu, during a meeting with the Akeredolu and Ayedatiwa camps at the weekend, urged them to sheathe their swords.
The president met the two camps on Friday after his consultation with Akeredolu on the telephone twice.
The governor has been recuperating in his Ibadan, Oyo State residence since his return from medical vacation in Germany on September 7.
Before leaving for Germany, Akeredolu transmitted a letter to the House of Assembly transferring power to his deputy. He took back power on his return.
At the weekend’s meeting were Ayedatiwa, party chairman Ade Adetimehin, Secretary to Government Oladunni Odu, Oladiji, Senator Jimoh Ibrahim and others.
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