President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has been requested to rename the Secretariat of the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee within the nation's capital after the late Governor of Ondo State, Chief Rotimi Akeredolu, SAN.
Whereas the Human Rights Writers Affiliation Of Nigeria (HURIWA) has condoled with the great individuals of Ondo State on the demise of their governor, the late governor mentioned, he’ll at all times be remembered as a hero of democracy and equality.
In the identical vein, the group urged Nigerian politicians to study a philosophical lesson from the earthly departure of the authorized behemoth and keep away from unleashing hardship, corruption and misgovernance on residents whereas they maintain public workplaces of various stripes.
HURIWA mentioned that whatever the inexplicably evil and poisonous politics orchestrated by loyalists of the late governor, which annoyed the upkeep of the constitutional strategy of switch of energy to the then Deputy Governor, the departed Governor of Ondo State will likely be remembered as an icon of the democracy that labored tirelessly to make sure that energy returned to the South.
Huriwa additional said that the rapid political connections and members of the family of the late Governor of Ondo State mismanaged the political state of affairs earlier than the bodily departure of the Governor by concealing his actual well being situation and by selling a state of affairs the place regulation and order within the state Ondo virtually collapsed. by choreographing the failure at hand over energy to the then Deputy Governor, Mr. Goodluck Aiyedetiwa.
The group said that the unconstitutional intervention of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is important earlier than the right course of can happen to make the then Deputy Governor of Akeredolu Governorate whereas the late Governor addresses his well being points.
“HURIWA desires the political class in Nigeria to study the optimistic and constructive lesson that nothing and no place lasts perpetually, simply as politicians should settle for their particular person and collective accountability to stick to the rule of regulation and the tenets and provisions of the Structure even because the Rights group has requested the brand new Governor of Ondo State to arrange a Fee of Inquiry to find out the veracity or in any other case of the groundswell of allegations that sure individuals related to the late Governor had cast his signature and had withdrawn an enormous quantity of presidency funds, which they by no means did. accountable.
“HURIWA recalled that the late Akeredolu died on Wednesday after an extended sickness simply as he was born on July 21, 1956. Akeredolu attended Aquinas School Akure and Obafemi Awolowo College, Ile Ife.
From 1997 to 1999, he served as Legal professional Normal of Ondo State.
“He grew to become Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) in 1998. Akeredolu served as Chairman of the Nigeria Bar Affiliation from 2008 to 2010.”