CHAOS, AS 19 APC ASSEMBLY MEMBERS BEGIN FRESH MOVES TO IMPEACH GOV FAYOSE OF EKITI

There was tension in Ekiti State yesterday as, 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) members of the state House of Assembly made fresh moves to oust the Governor, Mr. Ayo Fayose.The police mounted checkpoints along major roads leading to Ado-Ekiti, the state capital, from neighbouring states, especially Osun, where the APC lawmakers are reportedly hiding. Also, the security around the House of Assembly complex was beefed up, just as civil servants working at the state secretariat, close to the assembly complex, had a hectic time accessing their offices. Governor Fayose, who addressed journalists on the development, said he could not understand the renewed hostilities after all he had done to pacify the lawmakers. He said all the entitlements of the APC lawmakers had been paid contrary to the claim by the factional Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin that they were yet to get alerts from their banks.
Fayose showed copies of the Skye Bank cheques dated May 26 issued to the lawmakers to corroborate his claim. One of the cheques, which was drawn in the name of Boluwade Bolie Kehinde, was received on behalf of the lawmaker and had the sum of N2,149, 052.37 written on it.
He said it would amount to illegality for Omirin to continue with any impeachment proceeding against him in view of the ruling delivered by Justice E.S. Chukwu of the Federal High Court, Abuja which ordered that status quo as at April 23 be maintained pending the determination of the motion on notice. “