Ondo Assembly withdraws case against Deputy Governor Aiyedatiwa

The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker have withdrawn their appeal against the Federal High Court of Abuja's decision to stay the scheduled impeachment of Ondo State Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa, which was filed before the Court of Appeal in Abuja.The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker had contested the Federal High Court, Abuja's authority to hear the case and had filed an appeal against the court's decision to put the deputy governor's planned impeachment on hold.Remi Olatobura, the Speaker and Assembly's attorney informed the three-person appellate court justice panel on Thursday that his clients have instructed him to withdraw the appeal.The matter's parties have signed an agreement to withdraw their appeal and have found a political solution to their issues, the senior attorney informed the court.Olatubora claims that the appeal is being withdrawn for the sake of peace and in accordance with the parties' agreement.The respondents in the appeal acknowledged that they received the notice of withdrawal and stated that they had no objections.The appeal was later dismissed by the three-member panel's leader, Justice Haruna Tsammani, after the appellants withdrew it.The Ondo Assembly and its Speaker filed an appeal on October 3rd, in response to orders dated September 26th, made ex parte by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, prohibiting the Ondo State Governor, Chief Judge, the Assembly, Speaker, and others from carrying out their intended impeachment of the Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, until a pending motion on notice for interlocutory injunctions is resolved.President Bola Tinubu met with the deputy governor and members of the state assembly last week in Abuja, and the parties decided to lay down their swords.Source