President Bola Tinubu has summoned a meeting to resolve the lingering political crisis in Ondo State, reliably gathered.
A source said President Tinubu has invited members of the Ondo Assembly to Abuja Friday.
Prominent elders and traditional rulers in the week appealed to President Tinubu to intervene in the political crisis to avert looming anarchy.
The meeting will be held this Friday at 2pm in the Presidential Villa in Abuja. It will be attended by major stakeholders in the crisis, especially the Ondo State deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, aides to ailing Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, and members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, among others.
Meanwhile, the Ondo State House of Assembly has been deserted following the seeming political logjam occasioned by the intractable feud between Governor Akeredolu and his deputy, Hon. Aiyedatiwa.
The planned sitting of the members of the Assembly to address the impasse this Friday was shifted for undisclosed reason.
When the Assembly complex was visited on Friday, only civil servants were seen going about their official duties.
The security men attached to the Assembly were also at their duty post.
It was gathered the Ondo Assembly has been divided with 11 lawmakers now in support of Aiyedatiwa.
Sources said the 11 lawmakers were reached out to by some forces outside Ondo State.
A sitting of the lawmakers scheduled for Friday was said to have been pushed by the 11 lawmakers.
One of them, who pleaded anonymity, said the sitting was part of the plans hatched in Abuja with the 11 lawmakers to declare Governor Akeredolu incapacitated and declare Aiyedatiwa Governor.
Speaker Oladiji Olamide, who confirmed the meeting with President Tinubu, said the outcome of the meeting would determine the next line of action.
Oladiji said the scheduled Friday’s plenary was to declare Aiyedatiwa as Acting Governor and not to declare Akeredolu as incapacitated.
He said the meeting with President Tinubu would hold on Friday afternoon.
“Our sitting was to declare Aiyedatiwa as Acting Governor. The Governor is still alive,” he said.
According to a source, the members had planned to officially transfer power to the deputy governor in acting capacity at their planned sitting this Friday morning.
