The Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, has stated that Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa is not yet ready for true reconciliation, which would necessitate the suspension of the impeachment proceedings between him and the state legislature.

Oladiji, who made the announcement in Akure, the state capital, over the weekend, claimed Aiyedatiwa has failed to drop the claims against the Assembly, as agreed during a meeting with the All Progressives Congress (APC) national leadership.

Aiyedatiwa asked the court a few weeks ago to put an end to impeachment proceedings against him after the Assembly accused him of severe misconduct.

“The reconciliation process has to start with the deputy governor. He is the one who took us to court; we cannot reconcile ourselves when we have cases in court.

“Let him go to court and withdraw all these cases; then we would know that we are now in for genuine reconciliation.

“As far as the House of Assembly is concerned, we are not doing anything. The cases are in court and we would follow due process; we are following up on the cases in court.”

On the purported division among members of the Assembly, Oladiji described it as false.

He stated: “When there is a political tussle like this, there can be insinuations and rumours, but in the House of Assembly, we are together. We told ourselves that it is an institution, and the institution must be protected. So, we are together.”