There is a palpable tension as 13 out of 26 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly have disowned the Speaker, Rt Hon. Olamide Olajide for illegally endorsing Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa without due consultation.
The lawmakers have therefore passed a vote of no confidence on the Speaker.
Below is the full text of their resolution;
ONDO STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY SPEAKER’S DISRESPECT FOR THE INDEPENDENCE AND INTEGRITY OF THE HOUSE IN HIS ENDORSEMENT POLITICS.
The Ondo State House of Assembly wishes to categorically state that it has not passed any resolution to endorse the incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Hon. Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa, as purportedly announced by the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji.
The House of Assembly operates on democratic principles, and would formally take a collective decision, follow due process and the relevant laws governing the State where it wishes to take any decision regarding the endorsement of a gubernatorial candidate
As Honourable members of the 10th Ondo State House of Assembly, we were shocked and disappointed to hear the public declaration made by the Honourable Speaker of the House, Rt Hon. Olamide Oladiji, to the extent that the Ondo State House of Assembly has agreed to support the governorship ambition of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa.
The said declaration by Mr. Speaker is untrue, misleading, un-parliamentary, and, to say the least, ridiculous.
We therefore wish to inform the good people of Ondo State at home and in the diaspora that:
Parliamentary Secretary
3, Hon Oluwarotimi Babatunde Fasonu
Chief Whip
4, Hon Olajide Johnson Oguntodu
Minority Leader
5, Hon Raymond Daodu
Deputy Minority Leader
6, Hon Akinsuroju Akindolani Nelson
7. Hon AKOMOLAFE TEMITOPE
8, Hon Ifabiyi Samuel Olatunji
9, Hon Agbulu Tope Akeem
10, Hon Christopher Odunayo Ayebusiwa
11, Hon Atinuke Morenike Witherspoon.
12, Hon Biola John Oladapo
13, Hon Afe Felix
