Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Ondo State deputy govenor, on Monday, told the Federal High Court in Abuja he was withdrawing the lawsuit he filed to stop his impeachment proceedings by the Ondo State House of Assembly.
Other defendants in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1294/2023 were the Governor of Ondo State; the Speaker of the House of Assembly, the Chief Judge of Ondo State; the House of Assembly; the Inspector-General of Police; the Department of State Services.
Mr Ebun-olu Adegboruwa (SAN), the deputy governor’s lawyer explained to the court that the deputy governor wished to withdraw the suit following the intervention of the leadership of the All Progressives Congress in the matter.
According to him, there was no fuether need to address the matter in court, saying that the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Abdullahi Ganduje, had set up a reconciliation committee on October 6, to mediate the dispute between some of the parties to the suit.
He added that going ahead with court proceedings could frustrate the reconciliation efforts by the APC leadership.
He also pointed out that the Ondo State House of Assembly wrote a petition to the National Judicial Council on October 3, 2023, against the presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite.
He urged the court to wait for the decision of the NJC on the petition before going ahead with the matter.
However, the representing the Ondo State Governor, Kazeem Gbadamosi (SAN), and that of the Chief Judge of Ondo State, Mutalib Ojo (SAN), have vehemently opposed Adegboruwa’s withdrawal, asking the court to go ahead with the case.
In his submission, counsel for the Assembly, Femi Emodamori, said the Ondo Assembly had already withdrawn the petition against the judge.
Justice Nwite adjourned till October 6 for ruling.
Recall that the deputy governor of Ondo state Aiyedatiwa had approach the court to stop impeachment proceedings against him.