Lawmakers in the Ondo State House of Assembly on Wednesday afternoon changed their mind on the impeachment notice served on the Speaker, Rt. Hon. Jumoke Akindele and His deputy, Hon. Fatai Olotu. Eighteen out of the 26 members of the House on Tuesday night sacked the speaker and other principal officers of the Assembly.
At one of their colleagues’ residence at Alagbaka where the lawmaker planned the coup, they immediately replaced Akindele with Hon. Iroju Ogundele from Odigbo state constituency and also replaced her deputy with Hon. Ayodeji Arowele from Owo State Constituency I.
The Assembly has 21 Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members and five All Progressives Congress (APC) members.
Shocked by the development, Mimiko immediately invited the lawmakers to a meeting on Tuesday night which ended in a deadlock as the two sides could not reach an agreement.
It was further gathered the governor prevailed on them to save his administration from being ridiculed by his political opponent and urged them to return all the impeached principal officers.
Another meeting was reportedly called by the governor Wednesday morning where it was gathered that the aggrieved lawmakers finally agreed to reversed the impeachment notice.
A lawmaker was quoted to have said, “We will return Akindele as Speaker if you buy us cars and also provide quarters for us.”
Their decisions to return the speaker and other principal officers immediately gave birth to a press conference which was held at the Cocoa Conference Hall at the governor’s office.
The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Hon. Olamide George, who was accompanied by one of his colleagues, Olusiji Akindiose to the press conference only spoke for two minutes and reporters were denied from asking questions.
George said the house has resolved that the status quo on the leadership of the house as at March 7 , 2016 must remain.
He said the issue of leadership of the House is an internal affairs and has been treated as such.
The lawmaker noted that the House remains United, cohesive and alive to its constitutional responsibilities.
George, however warned political jobbers not to heat up the polity.
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