THE Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Olamide Oladiji, has cried out over threats to his life since the impeachment process against deputy governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa began.
Oladiji revealed this while speaking to reporters today in Akure, stating that his attention was drawn to a sacrifice placed in front of the official Speaker’s Lodge.
“I have not been using the place except sometimes for parliamentary meetings. At least, we have been there more than two times for a meeting but I don’t sleep there because the place requires overhauling with the present state,” he said.
“Early this morning, we discovered that a sacrifice was placed in the lodge. Aside from that, I have been receiving strange calls from strange people threatening my life and other members. There has been a lot of pressure on me.
“l am using this medium to tell the whole world that my life is under threat. I call on security operatives to checkmate these people who have been threatening my life and other members.
“This threat started since the day we began the impeachment notice. I have already reported to NSCDC among other security agencies.”
The Speaker further stated that the House will serve Aiyedatiwa with a letter regarding the alleged egregious misconduct leveled against him, after obtaining a court affidavit granting the House the legal authority to do so.
According to the speaker, the petition has been signed by all 26 members of the House.
Oladiji further debunked the rumours that the lawmakers collected N5m each to initiate the impeachment process.
He said: “I want to tell the whole world that we did not receive any gratification from anybody or anywhere. We are doing our work as lawmakers. We appropriate and at the same time, monitor what we appropriate. Let me tell you, 26 lawmakers have now signed the letter which we will serve him today.”
