You can’t escape impeachment, Speaker tells Fayose
…Adeyeye urges Buhari to call APC lawmakers to order
Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, yesterday said Governor Ayodele Fayose cannot run away from facing impeachment process.
Omirin said the impeachment notice served on the governor was a constitutional matter.
The APC had in a statement on Saturday said its lawmakers in the state Assembly had forwarded to the governor a notice of gross misconduct containing eight impeachable allegations to which the governor had seven days to respond.
But the governor and the factional Speaker of the Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, had dismissed the impeachment move, describing the APC lawmakers as jokers since Omirin had already been removed as speaker of the Assembly.
Omirin, however, warned the governor to face the reality that rule of law has come to stay in the country and should therefore come out from his hiding.
In his reaction to Olugbemi’s comment and that of the media aide to the governor, Lere Olayinka, Omirin said the two were still acting in ignorance of the supremacy of the Constitution in nurturing democratic conduct consistent with the universal standard.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, Omirin said Ekiti issue was a matter of rescuing 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.”
The Speaker said all allegations raised in the impeachment notice are constitutional matters, to which the governor must be ready to produce answers.
Advising the governor to respond to the allegations against him, Omirin said running away from the Government House and using his aides to cover his track would not help him in defending his assault 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 N1.3bn 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 taught 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,” he added.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to call members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to order.
Adeyeye lamented that it was disheartening that APC members in the state were capitalising on Buhari’s victory to cause crisis.
“If President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had behaved the way APC people are behaving in Ekiti State now, the country would have been in chaos by now,” Adeyeye said.
The minister, in a statement, described the impeachment notice against Fayose, as laughable.
According to him, legislative businesses are conducted inside the chamber of the House of Assembly and not in the media.
He warned APC and its members in the state to tread cautiously so as not to endanger democracy in the country.
…Adeyeye urges Buhari to call APC lawmakers to order
Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, yesterday said Governor Ayodele Fayose cannot run away from facing impeachment process.
Omirin said the impeachment notice served on the governor was a constitutional matter.
The APC had in a statement on Saturday said its lawmakers in the state Assembly had forwarded to the governor a notice of gross misconduct containing eight impeachable allegations to which the governor had seven days to respond.
But the governor and the factional Speaker of the Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, had dismissed the impeachment move, describing the APC lawmakers as jokers since Omirin had already been removed as speaker of the Assembly.
Omirin, however, warned the governor to face the reality that rule of law has come to stay in the country and should therefore come out from his hiding.
In his reaction to Olugbemi’s comment and that of the media aide to the governor, Lere Olayinka, Omirin said the two were still acting in ignorance of the supremacy of the Constitution in nurturing democratic conduct consistent with the universal standard.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, Omirin said Ekiti issue was a matter of rescuing 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.”
The Speaker said all allegations raised in the impeachment notice are constitutional matters, to which the governor must be ready to produce answers.
Advising the governor to respond to the allegations against him, Omirin said running away from the Government House and using his aides to cover his track would not help him in defending his assault 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 N1.3bn 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 taught 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,” he added.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to call members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to order.
Adeyeye lamented that it was disheartening that APC members in the state were capitalising on Buhari’s victory to cause crisis.
“If President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had behaved the way APC people are behaving in Ekiti State now, the country would have been in chaos by now,” Adeyeye said.
The minister, in a statement, described the impeachment notice against Fayose, as laughable.
According to him, legislative businesses are conducted inside the chamber of the House of Assembly and not in the media.
He warned APC and its members in the state to tread cautiously so as not to endanger democracy in the country.
Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly, Dr Adewale Omirin, yesterday said Governor Ayodele Fayose cannot run away from facing impeachment process.
Omirin said the impeachment notice served on the governor was a constitutional matter.
The APC had in a statement on Saturday said its lawmakers in the state Assembly had forwarded to the governor a notice of gross misconduct containing eight impeachable allegations to which the governor had seven days to respond.
But the governor and the factional Speaker of the Assembly, Dele Olugbemi, had dismissed the impeachment move, describing the APC lawmakers as jokers since Omirin had already been removed as speaker of the Assembly.
Omirin, however, warned the governor to face the reality that rule of law has come to stay in the country and should therefore come out from his hiding.
In his reaction to Olugbemi’s comment and that of the media aide to the governor, Lere Olayinka, Omirin said the two were still acting in ignorance of the supremacy of the Constitution in nurturing democratic conduct consistent with the universal standard.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media, Wole Olujobi, Omirin said Ekiti issue was a matter of rescuing 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.”
The Speaker said all allegations raised in the impeachment notice are constitutional matters, to which the governor must be ready to produce answers.
Advising the governor to respond to the allegations against him, Omirin said running away from the Government House and using his aides to cover his track would not help him in defending his assault 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 N1.3bn 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 taught 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,” he added.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for Works, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, has urged the President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari, to call members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the state to order.
Adeyeye lamented that it was disheartening that APC members in the state were capitalising on Buhari’s victory to cause crisis.
“If President Goodluck Jonathan and the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, had behaved the way APC people are behaving in Ekiti State now, the country would have been in chaos by now,” Adeyeye said.
The minister, in a statement, described the impeachment notice against Fayose, as laughable.
According to him, legislative businesses are conducted inside the chamber of the House of Assembly and not in the media.
He warned APC and its members in the state to tread cautiously so as not to endanger democracy in the country.
