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APC lawmakers to report Ekiti Assembly to NASS
 
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Wed, 7 Jan 2015   ||   Nigeria,
 

The 19 All Progressives Congress lawmakers in Ekiti State have threatened to report the crisis rocking the Ekiti State House of Assembly to the National Assembly.

The embattled Speaker, Dr. Adewale Omirin, disclosed this on Wednesday during a chat with journalists in Aisegba-Ekiti.

Seven members of the Peoples Democratic Party in the Assembly had, on November 20, impeached Omirin as Speaker.

Omirin, who accused Fayose of frustrating the APC lawmakers from returning to the state for legislative duties, also denied telling the Police that he was being misled by leaders of his party to confront Governor Ayodele Fayose.

He urged the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Taiwo Lakanu, to make public the undertaking he signed on Tuesday at the meeting with him.

He said, “I want the CP, Mr Taiwo Lakanu to publish what I wrote in the undertaking whether I said I was being misled by APC leaders. I cannot be teleguided by anybody at 59. My dealings with Fayose since he was sworn-in had made me realised that his government was founded on falsehood and blackmail.

“I have tried with my colleagues to reach a truce with Fayose, but each time we made efforts, what we used to see was a petition to all security agencies blackmailing us that we were planning to invade the state with thugs and security would be stationed everywhere to stop us.

Omirin said it was unfortunate that Fayose had no genuine love for Ekiti people for allegedly foisting Dele Olugbemi, whom he described as an “illiterate” and “money monger” on the state as factional speaker.

“We have contacted the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal on the need to have an interface with us. They (Representatives) are reconvening next week and we will be there to state our own position. I believe something will be done over this illegality.

Omirin also denied requesting for Christmas gift from the Governor, saying such allegation is petty.

In his reaction, Fayose described Omirin as a “confused person, very inconsistent and should be ignored.”

Fayose, who stated this through his Chief Press Secretary in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, said it was Omirin who earlier raised the alarm that his house was visited by assassins allegedly sponsored by Fayose but later recanted the statement.

 

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