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Ondo State has become a kingdom divided amongst its princes, with the governor being in the All Progressive Congress and the deputy, defecting to the Peoples Democratic Party .To make matters worse, the governor has unfortunately been diagnosed as positive to the corona virus disease, otherwise known as COVID-19.

Clearly, the statement attributed to the spokesperson of the Ondo State government is an absurdity qua incongruous, if I may use such expression.fly perching on the scrotum. Again, let us turn to the constitution. By the provision of section 186, the constitution provides that: “There shall be for each state of the federation a deputy governor.”

As many are wont to say, the deputy governor is a spare tyre, but if you have ever been stranded on a lonely stretch of road, without a spare tyre, you will appreciate that spare tyres are of immense value. Regrettably, while President Yar’Adua could, he refused to obey the clear provision of section 145, of the constitution, which providesWhat saved the day was the invocation of reasonableness, succinctly encapsulated as the doctrine of necessity. Since that debacle, the lawmakers have since made necessary amendments to countermand the recalcitrance of a governor or president, by the provisions of section 190, in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria Act.

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