This is as the group also called on the National Assembly to intervene in the ongoing impeachment process of Mr Aiyedatiwa.
The state House of Assembly began the process of impeachment of the deputy governor, last week, as it wrote a letter to Aiyedatiwa, over an allegation of gross misconduct, while he was in office as an acting governor.
Speaking with journalists in Akure, the state capital, on Monday, the chairman of the ORF, Mr Ayodeji Ologun, expressed dissatisfaction over the state of the Sunshine State in recent times, saying the state had been grounded governmentally, following the absence of the governor, Mr Rotimi Akeredolu, from the state.
Ologun added that the state assembly should be addressing many challenges facing the state currently, rather than pursuing the removal of the deputy governor, describing the alleged move as a waste of time and resources of the state.
He said, “Also, worthy of mention is the fact that since the return of Mr. Akeredolu and his refusal to resume his official duty -post for the governance of the state, a situation that is causing serious apprehension in the state, the state House of Assembly has not been helping matters.
“Rather, the Ondo State House of Assembly has decided to add salt to injury by instigating violence, anarchy and orchestrating break down of law and order by embarking on the unjustified and unwarranted process of impeachment
of the Deputy Governor Mr. Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
“The impeachment is at the expense of the peace, stability, and the welfare of the people of Ondo State. In view of the above-stated and the contemplation of section 11(1)(4)(5) of the 1999 constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, we hereby implore the National Assembly to call the Ondo State House of Assembly to order.
“This is in the overriding interest of the people of the state and the country at large. We strongly believed that politics should be the least of the worries of the political class in Ondo State at the moment but the delivery of good governance in the overriding interest of the people”.
The group said the issue of impeachment was not about accountability but “a vendetta by a class of crass opportunists who have unfettered access to the resources of the state occasioned by the incapacity of the governor.”
