Due to Akeredolu illness, the Ondo State Government Cabinet has split into factions.
Due to Akeredolu illness, the Ondo State Government Cabinet has split into factions.
Oluwarotimi Akeredolu's illness, which has rendered him disabled and unable to perform his official duties, is said to have caused divisions within the Ondo State government.
On Thursday, it was reported that the situation had generated splits within the governor's cabinet, with some members of the State Executive Council siding with the deputy governor while others held out hope that the governor would recover from whatever disease he may have had.
As previously reported by SaharaReporters, the governor, who is currently suffering a sickness, was unable to join President Bola Tinubu for the maiden meeting of the Nigeria Governors' Forum (NGF) on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Checks by SaharaReporters, which had exclusively reported that Akeredolu was bedridden in his residence in Ibadan, Oyo State, showed that Akeredolu absented himself from the NGF meeting and was therefore not on any of the photographs. Tinubu had met with the governors around 12:36pm on Wednesday.
SaharaReporters had last week reported that ailing Akeredolu was unable to sign official documents due to his deteriorating health condition.
It was also learnt that to prevent pictures of the governor’s emaciated looks from getting out, the family asked security agents and a few politicians around him to put off their mobile phones.
“His condition is very critical now, which is why he is being flown abroad. He is currently in Ibadan because that is where the family prefers to have him when his condition is critical because of the prying eyes and civil servants in Ondo,” a source had revealed.
The Guardian reports that some of the cabinet members who were said to be in the dark as to the actual state of the governor’s health, had been allegedly plotting to ensure that they remained in government in case of any eventualities as regards the governor’s health status.
An anonymous source reportedly said that some of the cabinet members had already begun to express loyalty to the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
“The Governor has been advised to deliberately spend quality time resting. So, the deputy governor went to Ibadan to see him and took some files with him. So for now, the deputy governor is more or less in charge and some of the cabinet members are tilting to his side already,” the source said.
https://saharareporters.com/2023/06/08/ondo-state-government-cabinet-splits-factions-over-governor-akeredolus-illness-absence
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