Who Will Settle Rift Between Aiyedatiwa and Akinterinwa?

Interest is the fuel of passion and passion often drives one into action. But given a free view of the future, how many individuals would be willing to nurture certain interests in the first place? A similar curtain of uncertainty currently shrouds the relationship between the new governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, and the state Commissioner for Finance, Wale Akinterinwa.

Ondo is currently enjoying the sort of peace that comes before a storm. To a few, it is a matter of when the new governor, Aiyedatiwa, will wield the deceased Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s mantle, and reduce the power of old rivals like Akinterinwa to nothing.

The storm started when Akinterinwa and a few others reportedly attempted to paint Akeredolu’s relationship with Aiyedatiwa with a brush of mischief. This resulted in the near dismissal of Aiyedatiwa from the deputy governor position he previously held. Without the intervention of President Bola Tinubu and several other high-ranking individuals, Aiyedatiwa would have been the only governor-level figure impeached in 2023.

Ultimately, Aiyedatiwa weathered the storm after the reconciliation with Akeredolu. Now that Akeredolu has passed, onlookers are certain that Akinterinwa is going to face Aiyedatiwa’s wrath, terminally falling from political power, never to rise again.

Reliable sources have unearthed the believed root of bitterness between Aiyedatiwa and Akinterinwa. Reportedly, the latter has been working towards succeeding Akeredolu in 2025. Perhaps the removal of Aiyedatiwa would have paved the way for him or one of the other supposed anti-Aiyedatiwa collaborators.

At the moment, well-meaning individuals are going about in a bid to settle the purported rift between Aiyedatiwa and Akinterinwa. If it is not taken out of the way, the current peace and soberness in Ondo may disappear, replaced with Aiyedatiwa’s damning gavel against all perceived slights, big or small.