OLOWOFELA: Before the bubble burst, Makinde should exercise caution on the impeachment of his deputy, Olaniyan

It’s already in the public domain, that the impeachment process has commenced on the Deputy Governor of Oyo-State, His Excellency, Engr. Rauf Olaniyan

It’s also common knowledge that there is an inducement of N5 million per person of the active participants.

I want to draw the attention of H.E., Governor Seyi Makinde by extension, the Oyo-State House of Assembly.

During Chief Obafemi Awolowo and Chief Ladoke Akintola’s saga. You must have read or heard what happened.

During former Governor Rasidi Ladoja and Otunba Adebayo Alao-Akala, you are a witness to what happened.

Now it’s Seyi Makinde and Rauf Olaniyan.

The examples highlighted above may not be exact corollary but before the crisis is precipitated in the state, the state Governor should exercise restraints.

In the last two years, the Deputy Governor has been effectively reduced to ” not a spared tyre but a punctured spare tyre”

If by the error of omission or commission he is removed by “orchestrated” impeachment process, then it will be a clear case of “hen alighting on a string, the hen will be uncomfortable so also the string”.

The tenure of the Deputy Governor lapses on the 28th of May, 2023. Which is a few days, his joining another party notwithstanding but removing him will open pandora’s box the likes of which may be unexpected. “A stream may look calm but it can drown the unwary”

By the time you fight a person, you must be cognisant of the backlash.

I call on Governor Seyi Makinde and Rt.

Hourable Speaker – Debo Ogundoyin of Oyo-State House of Assembly to exercise restraint.

Oyo oni baje ooo.

Professor Adeniyi Olowofela writes from Abuja.

Olowofela is the Commissioner representing Oyo State at the Federal Character Commission (FCC), Abuja