The lawmakers
said their resignation became imperative sequel to the new geopolitical
arrangement and configuration in the state and to give room to peace in the
state.
The Speaker of
the Ondo State House of Assembly, Jumoke Akindele and five other principal
officers yesterday resigned paving the way for a quick resolution of the over
two-month leadership crisis in the hallowed chamber.
Other
principal officers who resigned include the Deputy Speaker, Hon. Fatai Olotu,
Majority leader, Hon. Ifedayo Akinsoyinu, Deputy Majority leader, Vincent
Obadiah, Kemisola Adesanya, the Whip and Towase Kuti, the Assistant
parliamentary Secretary.
Also, the
leader of the other faction, Malachi Coker and others appointed as principal
officers after Akindele’s purported
sack are billed to resign tomorrow.
A new set of
principal officers may emerge before the end of the week when both factions
would attend plenary to jointly elect their leaders during a plenary to be
presided by the Clerk of the Assembly, Bode Adeyelu.
Both factions
have been laying claim to the speakership of the Assembly and unable to agree
on who to actually preside at the plenary. This followed an agreement said to
have been reached with the state governor Rotimi Akeredolu SAN who met with
both factions severally.
The leadership tussle in the 8th assembly have pitched
a faction of the lawmakers against the governor who they accused of recognizing
the other faction. But surprisingly, the speaker, Akindele and others threw in
the towel via a letter dated yesterday and addressed to the state governor.
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