The Ekiti State House of Assembly members on Wednesday held their
plenary session on a major roundabout in Okesa Ado Ekiti to protest
what they said was a witch-hunt against Governor Ayodele Fayose by the
Federal Government.
They conducted their legislative session under a canopy while the
area was sealed off by a detachment of armed policemen who blocked one
side of the two lanes.
They accused Lagos lawyer Femi Falana (SAN) and Special Adviser to
the President on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, of being behind the
plot to remove Fayose from office.
They claimed that both Falana and Ojudu had ambitions of becoming the governor of the state.
The Speaker of the Assembly, Kola Oluwawole, said the lawmakers
embarked on the “sit out to tell the whole world that we are determined
and resolute to support Fayose.”
He alleged that 10 of the legislators had been listed for arrest on
Thursday based on “trumped-up charge of not having valid certificates to
contest election as Assembly members”.
He added, “No amount of blackmail will make us to do dirty job, we
are calling on the APC led government to leave Fayose alone. The
freezing of his account is condemnable.
“We are aware of plans to arrest 10 members of Ekiti State House of
Assembly, we are ready for arrest. We stand by Fayose, enough is enough.
Let there be peace in Ekiti, let Abuja leave Fayose alone.”
The Committee Chairman on Health, Samuel Omotoso, accused the Federal
Government of “flippancy and double standards” in its prosecution of
anti-corruption war, saying the legislators were ready for arrest.
“There are double standards and flippancy in the so-called
anti-corruption war. When you are in PDP, you are a demon but when you
run to APC, you become a saint,” he said.
Ekiti Lawmakers Back Fayose, Move Sitting To Highway
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