Omoyele Sowore, presidential candidate of the African Action
Congress (AAC) in the last election, says Nigerians deserve clarity on which
country Rotimi Akeredolu, former Ondo governor, died.
He also said the constitution was not followed while
transferring power to Lucky Aiyedatiwa, governor of Ondo state.
Speaking on Friday during an interview on AriseTV, Sowore
expressed concern over the controversies around the exact place of death of
Akeredolu
Akeredolu died on Wednesday morning following a protracted
battle with prostate cancer. He was aged 67.
The late governor embarked on his second medical leave in as
many months on December 13, and had to transfer power to Aiyedatiwa.
The late governor’s absence sparked a political crisis in
the state, amid allegations that his signature was forged on official documents
in his last days.
Sowore said it is important that the actual place of death
of the former Ondo governor be investigated.
He said the family of the late governor, “his wife, son and
the political cabals in Ondo state, used his vulnerable condition to take out
their greed on the state”.
“The constitution was not obeyed. They tried everything they
could to ensure that they didn’t meet Nigeria’s standard in transferring
power,” he said.
“All of these were unnecessary. We could have resolved this
a year ago because there was available evidence to us that the governor was not
likely to make it.
“But I blame those who were manipulating the people of Ondo
state and those who accepted that, including myself. We took too long to
intervene before this was finally resolved.
“They didn’t hand
over, they did not invoke the doctrine of necessity as a matter of fact, as of
last week.
“They were still claiming that the governor was going back
on vacation.
“If I heard the substantive governor right, he just said, I
may be wrong, that the man passed on in his house and not in Germany.
“I don’t know if you heard him right but we should find out
where he passed on to the great beyond.
“His family issued a statement saying he died in Germany,
his former deputy now said he died in his house.
“Maybe it is a grammatical issue, I don’t know. I am saying
that if he hadn’t died, there would have been a lacuna and it should not be
accepted.”
He said the family of Akeredolu should be investigated “for
the act they perpetrated using a vulnerable man”.
“They were just taking out money and forging signatures.
That was why I said that if this was a saner society, these people would be
investigated and properly indicted for the criminal act they perpetrated using
a vulnerable man,” he added.
“This should not have happened to Akeredolu at all. And the fact that they could do this to their family… you can understand why they are so mean to the people of Ondo state,” Sowore said.
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