The Secretary to the Ondo State Government (SSG), Princess Oladunni Odu, was reported to have engaged in a shouting match with Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa on Monday during a cabinet meeting.
According to Sahara Reporters, the cabinet meeting was called to discuss the burial of the deceased governor, Rotimi Akeredolu.
The news medium reported that the power tussle between the two got heated when Odu told Governor Aiyedatiwa that she had President Bola Tinubu’s backing and that they could throw the governor out of office.
The Ondo State Government had fixed February 23 and 24 for the burial of the late governor, Akeredolu, with Governor Aiyedatiwa had fixing the dates on Monday after a state cabinet meeting, a development that generated ripples over the omission of certain names from the burial planning committee.
SSG Odu was said to be miffed as her name was not included in the committee for the burial of Akeredolu.
Insiders at the meeting who spoke to SaharaReporters said:
“The Secretary to the Ondo State Government, Odu engaged in a shouting match with Governor Ayedatiwa. Odu was one of those who held the state to ransom before Governor Akeredolu died. She threatened the governor (Aiyedatiwa) that he would see the consequences if he threw her out of his office.”
“The Secretary who Tinubu ordered Aiyedatiwa to retain came barrelling down on the governor during a meeting yesterday. Using Akeredolu and his family to perpetuate and perpetrate scams while denying Aiyedatiwa the right to breathe then as an acting governor,” a source said.
“She told the governor that he’s an impostor and can’t do anything to her because President Tinubu is behind her to check him (Aiyedatiwa).”
