The Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Princess Oladunni Odu has denied online reports of involvement in shouting match with the state governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa during a meeting of the cabinet members.
Odu, in a statement personally signed on Tuesday said she respected the office of the governor and the present occupant, adding that, “ I will always respect Governor Ayedatiwa who is my brother.”
The statement reads,”The report that I threatened to throw the Governor out of office because I have President Tinubu ‘s backing can only come from someone who has no knowledge about the way governance works. How do you throw out a Governor who has committed no obvious offense against the constitution?
“ If the online newspaper knows of any constitutional infraction committed by the Governor to warrant him being thrown out, the online platform should say so but as for me I don’t know any.
“As someone who understands Mr President’s respect for order, and who has enormous respect for the office and person of the President, i would never even think of bringing him into any matter that will be a mere distraction to him even if there is any, and in any case where is the power tussle that the report is talking about?
“Honorable Lucky Ayedatiwa is the Governor, and that is not in dispute. Also I have enormous respect for the office of Governor and will always respect Governor Ayedatiwa who is my brother.
“ Princess Odu who assured that she will do her work diligently and responsibly till her last day in office, emphasized that Ondo state is bigger than anyone and she will not be a party to bringing the state down.
“Those who wish to cause a crisis in the state should remember that posterity will judge them, and the spirit of the founding fathers of the state will stand against them.
“Why would any right thinking person call Mr Lucky Aiyedatiwa who was duly sworn in as Governor by the Chief Judge of the state an impostor? Again I say that if the report knows what qualifies Aiyedatiwa as an impostor it is free to let it out but I am not an illiterate who will use words without knowing the meaning.
“ The SSG implored the Governor to conduct an integrity test on members of the State Executive Council to know those who misrepresent facts about events at the meetings of the Council to avoid a situation whereby they would destroy his government.”
