Category: Ondo State

– No need to impeach a performing Governor – Ondo assembly The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has asked the Ondo State House of Assembly to impeach Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for allegedly violating the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended. In a statement titled “It is time to impeach Akeredolu”, on Thursday, […]

The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has said that it has business demanding the whereabouts of the Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. This was in response to claims by a Senior Special Adviser to the Governor Dr. Doyin Odebowale. In a statement by the party’s spokesman in the state, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the PDP […]

Ondo Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu has declared that he remains in charge of the affairs of the state. He spoke against the backdrop of a protest by the youth wing of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP demanding his resumption in his Ondo State office or resignation. Speaking through his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Richard Olatunde, […]

Amid a police cordon of the Ondo State secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, youths of the party on Monday protested the absence of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu in the state since his return from medical leave demanding his resumption in the state or resignation. Security operatives drafted from the Police and DSS in Armored […]

IGP Olukayode Egbetokun The People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in Ondo State on Monday cried out over the invasion of its State Secretariat in Akure to stall a peaceful protest by its youth wing demanding the whereabouts of Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu. In a statement by its state spokesman, Mr Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the PDP petitioned the […]

In recognition of his sterling leadership qualities and outstanding contributions to the development of Ondo State, Mr. Wale Akinterinwa, the Ondo State Commissioner for Finance, has been named the Ondo State Man of the Year by the Hero Magazine. At the event held in Akure, the Ondo State capital, the award organisers said Mr. Akinterinwa […]

Ondo assembly withdraws petition against judge There was a signal on Monday that an out-of-the-court reconciliation of the dispute between the Ondo State Deputy Governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa is likely, and the state’s  House of Assembly is underway as the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja fixed October 16 to rule on the application filed […]

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has struck out a suit filed by the state’s deputy governor, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa, against his planned impeachment by the state’s House of Assembly. It ruled that it was a gross abuse of the court process to engage in what it described as forum shopping, by instituting […]

The National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, on Friday, officially swore in members of the reconciliation committee established to resolve the political impasse between Ondo State Governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The development is coming barely 24 hours after the embattled deputy governor wrote the Chief Judge […]

Ondo State House of Assembly has filed as appeal against the order of Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja Division which restrained the House from impeaching the State Deputy Governor, Mr. Lucky Aiyedetiwa. The appeal was contained in a notice at the Federal High Court, Abuja issued by the Speaker of the […]