The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has criticised the Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu for allegedly relocating the government and assembly of the state to Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
Akeredolu returned to the country on Wednesday fresh from a three-month medical leave abroad. He has since been in his Ibadan, Oyo State residence.
But in a statement by its spokesman in Ondo State. Mr. Kennedy Ikantu Peretei, the PDP said the governor’s “first point of call should have been Ondo State, where everybody prayed for his quick recovery and return to his duties.”
Following is the full statement titled “Akeredolu relocates government to Ibadan”:
“Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN, Governor of Ondo State has continued in his usual lack of respect for the people of Ondo State by practically relocating his government and State Assembly to his residence in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.
“On 6th June, 2023 Akeredolu wrote to the Ondo State House of Assembly about his medical vacation abroad amidst rumours that he was incapacitated. A medical leave that has taken three clear months.
“Mrs Betty Akeredolu, the Governor’s wife shut down the social media by posting her husband’s photo in an aircraft with the caption “Homebound” yesterday. There was no official release from Akeredolu’s media handlers, a responsibility Betty has since assumed.
“While Akeredolu was in Germany, attending to his health, Ondo State suffered multidimensional setbacks, from in fighting to huge sums of money siphoned from the state treasury as medical expenses.
“The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Ondo State Chapter expected that, now that the Governor is back in Nigeria, his first point of call should have been Ondo State, where everybody prayed for his quick recovery and return to his duties.
“Instead, he headed for Ibadan and instructed all State Cabinet members and State Assembly men to join him.
“This is very absurd and an insult on the sensibility of Ondo State people. If Akeredolu has been certified fit to resume duties, let him notify the Assembly accordingly to conclude the remainder of his tenure for which he has been barely tolerated.”
