The Ondo State House of Assembly has finally served the Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa, along with his impeachment notice.
The letter, dated September 20, 2023, written and signed by the Speaker of the meeting, Mr Oladiji Olamide Adesanmi, and made accessible to The PUNCH on Monday, was obtained, signed and stamped by the workplace of the deputy governor right now, Monday, September 25, 2023.
PUNCH had earlier reported that the embattled deputy governor had claimed that he had not been served with the alleged notice of gross misconduct by the Ondo State House of Assembly.
PUNCH additionally reported that the state legislature had begun the impeachment strategy of the state deputy governor over alleged gross misconduct on Wednesday, September 20, 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”.
However, the letter additionally said that the deputy governor responds to the allegations levelled towards him, underneath the availability of Section 188 (2) (b) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, (as amended).
The House had alleged that the embattled deputy governor was concerned in some act of gross misconduct whereas in workplace because the performing governor.
Aiyedatiwa acted as governor whereas Governor Rotimi Akeredolu went overseas for medical therapy. He acted between June 13 and September 9 when the governor returned.
