The crisis in Ondo State is far from over despite the intervention of President Bola Tinubu.
On Friday, President Tinubu held a meeting, which lasted more than six hours at the State House, with a delegation from the state led by Ondo All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Ade Adetimehin, members of the state assembly and deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa in attendance.

The president convened the meeting to douse the tension which emanated as a result of the absence of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, who is battling health crisis.

Political actors from different camps had tried to undo each other either through taking over the reins from Akeredolu or impeaching Aiyedatiwa.
Akeredolu, who has been away from Ondo since he returned from a 3-month medical treatment abroad, was not physically present at the meeting.

Tinubu, who was concerned about the logjam called for a truce between members of the state’s cabinet.

In the resolution reportedly broached by the President, while Mr Aiyedatiwa agreed to carry members of the cabinet and other senior government officials along, the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Hon Oladiji Olamide, agreed to halt ongoing impeachment proceedings.

Giving the assurance to carry all along and calling for cooperation to move the state forward as reported by daily trust, Aiyedatiwa said “I want to say that I pledge to all of you that I embrace everyone of you. I put behind all that has happened before now. I’ve let go and also let God, just as the President has advised us.”

But the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Ondo had described the president’s intervention as a mere window dressing, as it is far from being over.

And signs of cracks emerged on Tuesday when the assembly failed to declare the Deputy Governor as the “acting governor”.