The Ondo state House of Assembly has said that it has not suspended impeachment proceedings against the deputy governor of the state, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
It said rather the process was temporarily put on hold due to the position of the Chief Judge of the state, Olusegun Odusola.
Making clarification on the issue in a statement at the weekend,the lawyer to the House of Assembly, Femi Emodamori, stated that the house will follow the impeachment to a logical conclusion.
The Chairman of the House Committee on Information, Olatunji Oshati, had on Friday stated that the Assembly will be suspending the impeachment process over the ex-parte order of an Abuja Federal High Court
But the lawyer claims that the suspension of the impeachment claim is not the position of the Assembly saying,“There are too many judgments of the highest courts in Nigeria affirming that no court has the jurisdiction to dabble into an impeachment process, as long as the House of Assembly complies with all the constitutional process.
“The Honourable Chief Judge himself stated in his widely reported reply to my Client, that his lordship was not unmindful of the above provisions of Section 188(10) of the Constitution and even quoted it verbatim.
“His lordship however stated that as a Chief Judge, he would prefer that the ex parte Order, which his lordship believes “tied his hand”, should first be vacated or set aside. The Chief Judge obviously prefers to err on the side of caution.”
