Ondo State crisis: PDP says Tinubu’s intervention is not enough

The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo State has expressed its dissatisfaction with the outcome of the presidential intervention by President Bola Tinubu to resolve the political crisis in the state.

In a press statement issued on Saturday, the PDP State Publicity Secretary, Kennedy Peretei, said that the intervention was “a mere window dressing” and that “the siege is not yet over”.

The statement claimed that both Governor Rotimi Akeredolu and his deputy, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, who have been at loggerheads for months, interpreted the resolutions of the meeting in their favour.

The statement quoted Mrs Betty Akeredolu, the wife of the governor, as celebrating the resolutions on her verified X-handle as “Hottest Breafast to last everybody till 2025”. It also said that Aiyedatiwa’s supporters believed that their worries about impeachment were over.

However, the statement warned that the presidential intervention might not be effective, citing the example of the Bello Masari Reconciliation Committee set up by APC National Chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje, which failed to end the litigation between the two parties.

“Again, major stakeholders in the All Progressives Congress (APC), leadership of the Ondo State House of Assembly  and Ondo State Government were at the Villa to iron out their intractable differences.

“From what we have read about the outcome, Tinubu’s intervention is a mere window dressing. Out of respect for his office, the impeachment of the Deputy Governor will no longer see daylight, but as long as Akeredolu remains in hiding, it is not yet Uhuru, the cat and mouse race will still continue. The siege is not yet over,” the statement added.