The Ondo State House of Assembly has disclosed that the Deputy Governor of the State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, had been served with his impeachment notice.
The letter, dated September 20, 2023, written and signed by the Speaker of the assembly, Oladiji Olamide Adesanmi, and made available to Journalists on Monday, was received, signed and stamped by the office of the deputy governor today, Monday, September 25, 2023.
In the letter, titled ‘Notice of Allegation of Gross Misconduct Against Honourable Lucky Orimisin Aiyedatiwa, Deputy Governor, Ondo State’, and signed by 11 lawmakers, Aiyedatiwa was accused of “Gross misconduct, abuse of office with actions likely to bring down Ondo State Government, financial recklessness, publication in print media by your media aides maligning the credibility of the Governor, etc”.
Aiyedatiwa acted as governor while Governor Rotimi Akeredolu went abroad for medical treatment. He acted between June 13 and September 9 when the governor returned.
Meanwhile, the embattled Deputy Governor of the State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, said he has not been served any impeachment notice by the state House of Assembly.
Aiyedatiwa stated this in a statement he personally signed Monday in Akure and made available to newsmen.
He said, “I find it especially worrying that the spokesman of the House of Assembly would go on national television to speak on such a matter without any evidence to show that such a letter has been delivered to me.
“More disturbing is the fact that even when he was asked if the letter had been delivered, he gave no coherent answer.
“A sensitive constitutional matter of this nature; impeachment process should not be conducted on the pages of newspapers and television screens.”
