By Josephine Oguntoyinbo
Ondo State House of Assembly Speaker, Bamidele Oleyelogun said beefing up security at the entrance of the Assembly is the normal tradition and standard of every valedictory plenary.
According to him, the principal officers and other members of the House remain united, allaying the fear of crisis at the Assembly.
The Speaker who stated this while addressing journalists in his office at the Assembly Complex in Akure, affirmed that the Lawmakers are on ground for the 9th Assembly valedictory plenary and nothing more.
He said “As a legislature, I can’t write a letter without a reference and there’s no how I’ll write a letter without directing it to the Governor and I’ll discuss with him, I can’t throw the State into chaos.
“I’m not fighting anyone, my colleagues and I are together, the signature under the letter is not mine, that is not how I use to write my date and moreso, the line under the letter headed paper and the other line, there’s always a space in the letter of this honorable house that I’m using. So, it is not my letter, it’s just from the men of the underworld, they are trying to disturb the peace that is reigning in Ondo State.
“There is no crisis in the House of Assembly, we are all together. I didn’t resign, I am still doing my work as the speaker”.
On the issue of the security men at the gate of the Assembly complex, the speaker revealed that they were there to provide adequate security to those that would attend the valedictory plenary.
“This is my third time in the House of Assembly, anytime that there will be valedictory plenary, there is adequate security to check those that will be coming in because some people can come in with weapons and we need to protect this honorable house”.
The Speaker called on the Security operatives to investigate the purported resignation letter.
