Ekiti Obas Mediate in Assembly Crisis, Order Aribisogan to Withdraw Suit

Traditional rulers in Ekiti State, have urged the impeached speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Gboyega Aribisogan, to withdraw the suit he instituted against his sack from court, as part of measures to prevent the crisis rocking the Assembly from festering.

This was part of the five-point resolution arrived at during a peace meeting brokered by the Ekiti State Council of Traditional Rulers at a peace meeting held at the Ewi’s Palace in Ado Ekiti, yesterday.

The Obas listened to both sides and concluded that the pro- Aribisogan’s lawmakers were wrong to have acted against the instruction of the party.

The Ekiti Obas, led by their Chairman, the Onisan of Isan

Ekiti, Oba Gabriel Ayodele Adejuwon, in the resolution with the two sides in the dispute reasoned that 22 members in the Assembly had thrown their weight behind the new Speaker, Hon. Olubunmi Adelugba.

They therefore, called on Aribisogan to go back and join his colleagues and forget about laying claim to the position of Speaker for the Assembly to move forward and the state to enjoy peace.

The Obas also advised that the majority members of the House (22) must accept Aribisogan back, lift his suspension and drop other punitive measures against him, after fulfilling the conditions spelt out for others.

The Obas also resolved that the state All Progressives Congress (APC) Chairman, Paul Omotoso, should go back to the party caucus and decide what to do with Aribisogan’s matter with a view to accommodating him as a member of the party (APC).