No going back on Fayose’s impeachment – APC Lawmakers

The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti State
House of Assembly have said there is no going back on the
impeachment notice issued against Governor Ayodele
Fayose.
The embattled Speaker, Dr Adewale Omirin, said the
governor cannot run away from the process because the
impeachment notice served on him was a constitutional
matter and contained serious issues of the law.
He said instead of staying in hiding to evade justice, it is
better to live with the reality that the rule of law has come
to stay in the country.
He said this while reacting to media reports credited to the
factional Speaker, Dele Olugbemi, and the governor’s media
aide, Lere Olayinka, dismissing the impeachment notice as a
joke.
Omirin in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole
Olujobi, said the move was to rescue democracy from the
gridlock of executive lawlessness and impunity into which
the state had been driven by the governor.
He said, “It will soon dawn on Fayose and his aides that the
matter at hand goes beyond exuberant media skirmishes
that are being deployed to rally support for the governor.
“Attention of the world has shifted to Ekiti State following
the leaked tape detailing electoral fraud perpetrated to give
Fayose victory. After that, several issues in Ekiti State are
being questioned on the place of the constitution in
nurturing democracy in the country, and as responsible
citizens, we must act right to make democracy work.”
Omirin said all allegations raised in the impeachment notice
were constitutional matters, to which the governor must be
ready to produce answers instead of “belligerent attitude” in
the media in addressing serious issue of constitutional
significance.
Advising the governor to respond to the allegations against
him, he said running away from the Government House and
using his aides to cover his track would not help him in
defending his assault on the nation’s constitution and other
infractions against the constitution that were already
established against him in courts.
“It is good that his men are talking in the media about the
need to uphold the constitution in this matter even though
they behave short of upholding the constitution in their
conduct.
“Even though the governor trampled on the same
constitution when he led thugs to attack judges in court and
tore court records in the Chief Judge’s office, our duty is to
follow constitutional path in this impeachment process.
“These men that are flying the governor’s banner will soon
see the law in action. This impeachment process is real. We
must rescue Ekiti State from lawlessness and fraud. The
N1.3 billion poultry project fraud case is still in court. There
are still cases of unresolved murders.
“We have again seen the resumption of state-sponsored
terrorism with thugs attacking and maiming Ekiti people
after a break in 2006 when the governor was impeached for
fraud and attacks on opponents.
“We thought his impeachment trauma in 2006 would have
thought him a lesson, but the governor has proved that he
cannot survive in a society where the law works. We advise
him to come out of hiding and defend himself because we
are prepared to give him a fair hearing. That is the reality he
must face instead of downplaying serious matter of
constitutional consequences,” the Speaker added.

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