Some renowned Civil Activists under the auspices of the African Grassroots Empowerment Organisation have written strongly worded petition against the Commissioner for Finance in Ondo State, Mrs Omowunmi Isaac to provide concrete evidences and prove her allegation that Her Excellency, Betty Akeredolu was responsible for death of her late husband, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Odunayo Akeredolu, SAN,, immediate past Governor of Ondo State.
The Petition which has been made public was sent to the Inspector General of Police an cpied the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, the Director General of Department of State Service, the Chairman of Nigerian Governors Forum, the Chairman of the ALL Progressive Congress, the National Intelligence Agency, the Governor of Ondo State, the Ondo State House of Assembly and even the twp Chambers of the National Assembly.
In a Press Release issued by the Director of Public Communications of the Organization, Comr. Oscar David Kalu, in Abuja on Monday, 24th February 2025, the Group claimed to have seen a WhatsApp conversation between Dr. Betty Akeredolu, the widow of the late Governor, whereby Mrs. Omowunmi Isaac made assertion that she had evidence where the Late Governor was pushed, and blood rushed to his brain by his wife, Dr. Betty Akeredolu. The Group claimed to have made enquiries to confirm the WhatsApp Chat was authentic
Comr. Oscar further disclosed the Commissioner stated in the chat that the late Governor did not die of Cancer but was killed by the wife, promising to provide the evidence to substantiate her allegation.
The Civil Right Group then went on to issue stern warning to the Finance Commissioner to get ready to publicly prove those weighty allegations with convincing evidence or risk unbeatable public contempt and wrath of the law, as they will mobilize Civil Society Organisations in Ondo State and beyond for Mass Action and drag her to appear before a Court of competent jurisdiction to present her case.
“We as an organization will not allow such very sensitive and important information about our late National Patron and beloved Governor to be swept under the carpet, hence, we use this opportunity to call on the Inspector General of Police to investigate the said allegations as claimed by the Commissioner for Finance of Ondo State” the Press Text partly read.
“We hereby give 7 days ultimatum to the Commissioner of Finance, Ondo State, Mrs. Omowunmi Isaac to provide all evidences in her possession to the public or the security agencies. Murder is a criminal offense and matter of public interest and social justice, which must not be treated light, especially when it concerns death of an Executive Governor of a State” the text continued.
“We had earlier communicated the said petition to the Inspector General of Police and our National Body, National Civil Society Council in Nigeria, and waiting for the directives of the Executive Director of the umbrella body for Civil Societies in Nigeria, before embacking on our next line of action” the text concluded.
The Petition demands that the Inspector General of Police immediately arrests and prosecute the Ondo State Commissioner for Finance.