APC lawmakers issue Fayose notice of gross misconduct
From Doyin Adebusuyi, Ado Ekiti
The 19 legislators on the platform of All Progressive Congress (APC) have forwarded a notice of gross misconduct to the state governor, Mr Ayo Fayose.
The lawmakers in a letter titled Re: Notice of Allegations of Gross Misconduct” to Fayose and signed by them, they raised eight impeachable allegations against the governor and asked him to respond within seven days.
The allegations by the APC lawmakers led by the impeached Speaker, Dr Adewale Omirin, bordered on alleged impunity, brigandage, stalking and other constitutional breaches.
These include invasion of the House of Assembly with thugs and miscreants, instigatingan unconstitutional take-over of the House by seven legislators to sit in contravention of section 96(2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, prevention of the nineteen APC legislative members from performing legislative duties with the use of security agents and armed thugs and sponsoring an unlawful impeachment process in the house.
They also accused the governor of spending Ekiti State funds without the requisite constitutional approval in contravention of the constitution, running the government of Ekiti State without legally constituted Executive Council in contravention of Section 192(2) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, operating an illegal 2014 Budget as well as sponsoring and instigating illegal sitting of the House in contravention of Section 96(1) of the Constitution.
They claimed that Fayose had since received the notice.
However, in his response, Fayose dismissed the plot and advised the lawmakers to stop acting like jesters. He said”The script being acted by the APC is a failed one because no one, no matter how highly placed will be allowed to test the will of Ekiti people.”
In a statement the Special Assistant to the Governor on Public Communication and New Media Lere Olayinka, the governor described the move as the”joke of the century.”
“The Speaker of the Ekiti State House of Assembly is Hon Dele Olugbemi and not Dr Adewale Omirin.
“Omirin is already in court, challenging his impeachment and common sense dictates that when you are challenging an action already taken in court, you have accepted the consequences of such action pending the determination of the suit you filed.”
He said the APC lawmakers should stop advertising their ignorance and crudity in the market place by posting impeachment notice online. “Since last year November, these so-called lawmakers abdicated their duties and ran to Lagos only for them to resurfaced on Wednesday, but they hurriedly ran away again.
“Now they are posting notice of impeachment signed on March 9, 2015 and Ekiti people are asking; was the motion for impeachment moved and adopted in Lagos or Osun State House of Assembly?
“Is impeachment of a governor done along Lagos-Ibadan Expressway inside a moving bus?
“Rather than going about advertising their ignorance and crudity, the APC lawmakers should wait for the court to adjudicate on the case theyfiled because even the President-Elect, Major General Mohammadu Buhari (rtd) will respect the rule of law when he assumes office,” the governor said.