A lawyer, Mr Allen Sowore, has called on Ondo State Governor, Arakurin Rotimi Akeredolu to deal with the saboteurs who were sabotaging governance in his absence, instead of removing the deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, over alleged misconduct.

Sowore, in a statement on Saturday, said Akeredolu should have reprimanded those government officials caught in acts of insubordination, instead of sacking the deputy governor’s media aides upon his return from medical leave abroad.

“I had expected Governor Akeredolu to reprimand those government officials caught in acts of insubordination—those who sabotaged governance in his absence. I mean those who made it impossible for Lucky Aiyedatiwa to assume full control of the government as Acting Governor while the governor was away attending to his health in Germany,” he said

He said the impeachment move by the Ondo State House of Assembly was a subterfuge of the cabal to avenge the deputy governor’s attempt to govern while the governor was away.

Sowore added that the real problem in Ondo State is not with the individuals who served or are serving as deputy governor under Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, but Akeredolu’s high-handedness and tyrannical approach to governance.

He said both Agboola Ajayi, who served as deputy governor between 2017 to 2021, and the present deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, are respected, genuine men who have established excellent records of public service.

Sowore described it as unfair, unconstitutional, illegal, and lugubrious for Governor Akeredolu to allow himself to be taken hostage by members of the cabal and govern Ondo state with invisible hands from his private residence in Ibadan, leaving the state practically ungoverned.

He said it is unfair of Akeredolu to always maltreat his deputy for daring to act as governor whenever he’s not available to govern.