By Oluwatobi Adeniji
In Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa stepped in as the acting Governor of the state after President Tinubu’s intervention in a political crisis that lingered for several months following the long absence of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu due to his health condition.
Akeredolu had written to inform the state House of Assembly that he was returning to Germany for a follow-up on his medical treatment. The ailing governor first went to Germany to seek medical treatment in June and returned in September.
During the three months that he was away, his deputy operated as acting governor.But evidence of a frosty relationship between him and his deputy (Aiyedatiwa) emerged after he sacked all his deputy’s media aides and the Assembly moved to impeach Aiyedatiwa for alleged gross misconduct he was accused of committing while operating as acting governor.
However, despite the political upheaval, On Thursday, Aiyedatiwa, for the second time, took office as acting governor.There is no doubt that some of the major political events that shaped 2023 will spill over to 2024.
Though many may see issues in Rivers, Ondo, and Edo states, among others as having come to an end, some of them may still be part of major occurrences that will determine where the country is headed politically in the first quarter of 2024