VANGUARD — There appears to be no end
in sight to the current face-off between the
19 All Progressives Congress, APC,
lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of
Assembly and Governor Ayo Fayose.
Some 20 minutes after leaving a church
service where the clergyman advised the
governor to embrace peace by reconciling
with APC lawmakers, Gov. Fayose made a
live broadcast on the Ekiti State Radio and
Television, ESRT, where he told Ekiti people
to defend their mandate from the APC
lawmakers, who he claimed were coming to
invade the state to impeach him today.
But the lawmakers are insisting on going
ahead with Fayose and his deputy, Dr
Kolapo Olusola’s removal.
This is coming barely 48 hours after Fayose
promised to dialogue with the aggrieved
lawmakers.
To ensure that the APC lawmakers would
not achieve their motive, the Okada riders
association and the commercial transport
workers operating in the state are toeing
the path of the governor by telling their
members to converge on the premises of
the state House of Assembly today at 6
a.m and defend the mandate freely given to
Fayose and his deputy during the June 21,
2014 governorship election.
During the governor’s live broadcast on the
ESRT, he told the people to defend their
mandate from the invading APC lawmakers
and defend him against the alleged
impeachment.
He urged drivers and Okada riders in
particular to move out en-masse to defend
his mandate, saying: “My mandate is your
mandate and you must defend it.”
Okada riders, NURTW mobilise members
Barely 10 minutes after, two statements
emerged on the state radio as public
announcements that were being broadcast
intermittently.
Below are the transcripts of the two
statements from the drivers union and
Okada riders association.
“All Okada riders in Ekiti State are enjoined
to be on the look-out for strange faces in
the state from tomorrow. This is because it
has been gathered that APC lawmakers
working with Dr Adewale Omirin are
planning to truncate the peace of the state
by invading the state with armed thugs.
“All Okada riders in the state should be
mobilised to the House of Assembly by 6
a.m tomorrow. Governor Fayose’s mandate
is the mandate of Okada riders. We must
defend it with the last drop of our blood.”
Signed: Niyi Dahunsi, Chairman, Okada
Riders Association.
In another announcement, the National
Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW,
through its chairman, Clement Adekola
said: “Information available to us is that
the APC lawmakers are planning to invade
the state with lorry-loads of thugs recruited
from Lagos and Osun states tomorrow.
“The APC lawmakers have vowed to kill
anyone that stands on their way to
achieving the plot of impeaching Governor
Fayose and his Deputy, Dr Kolapo Olusola.
“We, therefore, alert all members of our
union to be on the look-out from tomorrow.
All drivers unions members should be
prepared to defend the mandate freely given
to Governor Fayose.
“Our members should monitor movement of
vehicles into Ekiti State from today so as
to prevent invasion of thugs whose only
intention is to kill our people. We gave our
mandate to Fayose and we must be
prepared to defend it.”
It was signed by Samuel Agbede, Chairman,
Road Transport Workers Association of
Nigeria and Clement Adekola, Chairman,
National Union of Road Transport Workers.
Stop inciting Ekiti people, APC lawmakers
tell Fayose
The 19 APC lawmakers in the Ekiti State
House of Assembly in a reaction to
yesterday’s broadcast by Governor Fayose,
said the governor was never committed to
peace.
A statement by Special Adviser on Media to
Speaker Adewale Omirin, Wole Olujobi said
the governor had in his broadcast
demonstrated that he was never committed
to the peace he preached barely 24 hours
before his inciting broadcast.
The statement said: “How do you reconcile
this inciting broadcast with a plea he made
for peace not quite 24 hours earlier which
Ekiti people and indeed Nigerians thought
was a good move by the governor to thaw
the frozen relationship between him and the
lawmakers? This is a confirmation of what
Omirin said in his Sunday Punch interview
that the governor can’t be trusted in any
peace move.”
Olujobi expressed regrets over failure of the
governor to embrace the homily by the
clergyman in his thanksgiving service where
he was admonished to embrace peace with
APC lawmakers by paying their entitlements
and seek genuine reconciliation to move the
state forward.
According to the statement, “it is shocking
that the governor, who refused to make any
remark or commitment during the church
service after the man of God appealed to
him to embrace peace, could go on air few
minutes after the service to start inciting
workers, traders, Okada riders and artisans
to defend him with their last drop of blood.
“As if his live broadcast was not enough,
Ekiti people were shocked when a public
service announcement started running
intermittently on the state media urging
Okada riders to look out for strange faces
across the state and attack them because
they are thugs that are being imported by
APC lawmakers.
“They are also to converge on the House of
Assembly as early as 6 a.m today to
prevent the lawmakers from performing
their legal duties.”
Stressing that they were not planning any
invasion of the state with thugs, the
lawmakers called the attention of Nigerians
to the unlawful acts of the governor in his
desperate move to ensure that the
lawmakers are rendered ineffective in the
discharge of their lawful duties.
“We have said for the umpteenth time that
the governor would be given a fair hearing.
He has nothing to fear. He should continue
to have faith in the Nigerian constitution.
He had just won a constitutional matter at
the Supreme Court. We will apply the same
law that the court used to give him victory.
He is an Ekiti man. We don’t hope to
punish him unjustly,” the statement added.
It stressed that Fayose could not benefit
from the law and at the same time prevent
other elected representatives of the people
from enjoying the same benefit.
“The best he and his deputy can do is to
appear before the panel to be set up by the
CJ and defend themselves. This is the rule
of law which he has benefited from and
there should not be an exception to this,”
the statement added.
Fayose not inciting anyone —Aide
Meantime, the Special Assistant to the Ekiti
State Governor on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has
described as false, claim by the factional
Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Dr
Adewale Omirin, that Fayose was inciting
the people against the APC lawmakers.
He said: “The reality in Ekiti State today is
that the people are rising up to defend their
mandate and if Omirin and his APC
lawmakers are not working against the
people’s mandate, they have nothing to
fear.”
Olayinka said the APC should rather ask
themselves what they have done to offend
the people to the extent that none of the
lawmakers, who sought re-election was re-
elected at the April 11 election.
He asked whether it was Fayose that
incited the people against the APC on
March 28 and April 11 when the people
openly rejected the party with their votes.
The governor’s aide, who reiterated
Governor Fayose’s commitment to peaceful
resolution of the crisis in the state House of
Assembly, added: “The governor cannot
stop the people who voted for him from
protecting their mandate.
“Some of these people who called
themselves elite were in the comfort of their
bedrooms in Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja and
abroad when Okada riders, traders, drivers,
workers, artisans, students and all the
common people of Ekiti stayed in the sun
and rain to cast their votes for Fayose.
“Because Fayose wants peace and he is
committed to it, those who gave him the
mandate to govern them for four years
should not defend their mandate if it is
being threatened by a few people who they
have rejected with their votes?
“Instead of making noise in the media, the
APC lawmakers, including Omirin and those
deceiving him with the prophesy of him
becoming acting governor of Ekiti State
should face the reality of their total
rejection by Ekiti people and stop running
from Idanre to Lagos, Osogbo and Abuja
trying to uproot the tree planted by the
people of Ekiti.”
Uniform men storm Ado-Ekiti — APC
Spokesman for Dr Adewale Omirin, Wole
Olujobi late last night alleged that scores of
soldiers in about 12 vehicles stormed Ado-
Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, in what looked like
a covert operation in aid of Governor
Fayose who squealed early in the day
alleging possible invasion of the state by
APC lawmakers today.
It’s a lie —Fayose’s aide
But the governor’s Special Assistant on new
media, Lere Olayinka responded saying: “I
am in Ado Ekiti as I write. In fact, I am
along Ijigbo area of Ado Ekiti. I have not
noticed the presence of any soldier.” www.newspunch.org/tension-in-ekiti-as-impeachment-crisis-worsens/

Criminal at its peak,this man should be arrested and jailed

Does it add to my G.P.A?

Johnnyessence:
VANGUARD — There appears to be no end
in sight to the current face-off between the
19 All Progressives Congress, APC,
lawmakers in the Ekiti State House of
Assembly and Governor Ayo Fayose.
Some 20 minutes after leaving a church
service where the clergyman advised the
governor to embrace peace by reconciling
with APC lawmakers, Gov. Fayose made a
live broadcast on the Ekiti State Radio and
Television, ESRT, where he told Ekiti people
to defend their mandate from the APC
lawmakers, who he claimed were coming to
invade the state to impeach him today.
But the lawmakers are insisting on going
ahead with Fayose and his deputy, Dr
Kolapo Olusola’s removal.
This is coming barely 48 hours after Fayose
promised to dialogue with the aggrieved
lawmakers.
To ensure that the APC lawmakers would
not achieve their motive, the Okada riders
association and the commercial transport
workers operating in the state are toeing
the path of the governor by telling their
members to converge on the premises of
the state House of Assembly today at 6
a.m and defend the mandate freely given to
Fayose and his deputy during the June 21,
2014 governorship election.
During the governor’s live broadcast on the
ESRT, he told the people to defend their
mandate from the invading APC lawmakers
and defend him against the alleged
impeachment.
He urged drivers and Okada riders in
particular to move out en-masse to defend
his mandate, saying: “My mandate is your
mandate and you must defend it.”
Okada riders, NURTW mobilise members
Barely 10 minutes after, two statements
emerged on the state radio as public
announcements that were being broadcast
intermittently.
Below are the transcripts of the two
statements from the drivers union and
Okada riders association.
“All Okada riders in Ekiti State are enjoined
to be on the look-out for strange faces in
the state from tomorrow. This is because it
has been gathered that APC lawmakers
working with Dr Adewale Omirin are
planning to truncate the peace of the state
by invading the state with armed thugs.
“All Okada riders in the state should be
mobilised to the House of Assembly by 6
a.m tomorrow. Governor Fayose’s mandate
is the mandate of Okada riders. We must
defend it with the last drop of our blood.”
Signed: Niyi Dahunsi, Chairman, Okada
Riders Association.
In another announcement, the National
Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW,
through its chairman, Clement Adekola
said: “Information available to us is that
the APC lawmakers are planning to invade
the state with lorry-loads of thugs recruited
from Lagos and Osun states tomorrow.
“The APC lawmakers have vowed to kill
anyone that stands on their way to
achieving the plot of impeaching Governor
Fayose and his Deputy, Dr Kolapo Olusola.
“We, therefore, alert all members of our
union to be on the look-out from tomorrow.
All drivers unions members should be
prepared to defend the mandate freely given
to Governor Fayose.
“Our members should monitor movement of
vehicles into Ekiti State from today so as
to prevent invasion of thugs whose only
intention is to kill our people. We gave our
mandate to Fayose and we must be
prepared to defend it.”
It was signed by Samuel Agbede, Chairman,
Road Transport Workers Association of
Nigeria and Clement Adekola, Chairman,
National Union of Road Transport Workers.
Stop inciting Ekiti people, APC lawmakers
tell Fayose
The 19 APC lawmakers in the Ekiti State
House of Assembly in a reaction to
yesterday’s broadcast by Governor Fayose,
said the governor was never committed to
peace.
A statement by Special Adviser on Media to
Speaker Adewale Omirin, Wole Olujobi said
the governor had in his broadcast
demonstrated that he was never committed
to the peace he preached barely 24 hours
before his inciting broadcast.
The statement said: “How do you reconcile
this inciting broadcast with a plea he made
for peace not quite 24 hours earlier which
Ekiti people and indeed Nigerians thought
was a good move by the governor to thaw
the frozen relationship between him and the
lawmakers? This is a confirmation of what
Omirin said in his Sunday Punch interview
that the governor can’t be trusted in any
peace move.”
Olujobi expressed regrets over failure of the
governor to embrace the homily by the
clergyman in his thanksgiving service where
he was admonished to embrace peace with
APC lawmakers by paying their entitlements
and seek genuine reconciliation to move the
state forward.
According to the statement, “it is shocking
that the governor, who refused to make any
remark or commitment during the church
service after the man of God appealed to
him to embrace peace, could go on air few
minutes after the service to start inciting
workers, traders, Okada riders and artisans
to defend him with their last drop of blood.
“As if his live broadcast was not enough,
Ekiti people were shocked when a public
service announcement started running
intermittently on the state media urging
Okada riders to look out for strange faces
across the state and attack them because
they are thugs that are being imported by
APC lawmakers.
“They are also to converge on the House of
Assembly as early as 6 a.m today to
prevent the lawmakers from performing
their legal duties.”
Stressing that they were not planning any
invasion of the state with thugs, the
lawmakers called the attention of Nigerians
to the unlawful acts of the governor in his
desperate move to ensure that the
lawmakers are rendered ineffective in the
discharge of their lawful duties.
“We have said for the umpteenth time that
the governor would be given a fair hearing.
He has nothing to fear. He should continue
to have faith in the Nigerian constitution.
He had just won a constitutional matter at
the Supreme Court. We will apply the same
law that the court used to give him victory.
He is an Ekiti man. We don’t hope to
punish him unjustly,” the statement added.
It stressed that Fayose could not benefit
from the law and at the same time prevent
other elected representatives of the people
from enjoying the same benefit.
“The best he and his deputy can do is to
appear before the panel to be set up by the
CJ and defend themselves. This is the rule
of law which he has benefited from and
there should not be an exception to this,”
the statement added.
Fayose not inciting anyone —Aide
Meantime, the Special Assistant to the Ekiti
State Governor on Public Communications
and New Media, Lere Olayinka, has
described as false, claim by the factional
Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Dr
Adewale Omirin, that Fayose was inciting
the people against the APC lawmakers.
He said: “The reality in Ekiti State today is
that the people are rising up to defend their
mandate and if Omirin and his APC
lawmakers are not working against the
people’s mandate, they have nothing to
fear.”
Olayinka said the APC should rather ask
themselves what they have done to offend
the people to the extent that none of the
lawmakers, who sought re-election was re-
elected at the April 11 election.
He asked whether it was Fayose that
incited the people against the APC on
March 28 and April 11 when the people
openly rejected the party with their votes.
The governor’s aide, who reiterated
Governor Fayose’s commitment to peaceful
resolution of the crisis in the state House of
Assembly, added: “The governor cannot
stop the people who voted for him from
protecting their mandate.
“Some of these people who called
themselves elite were in the comfort of their
bedrooms in Lagos, Ibadan, Abuja and
abroad when Okada riders, traders, drivers,
workers, artisans, students and all the
common people of Ekiti stayed in the sun
and rain to cast their votes for Fayose.
“Because Fayose wants peace and he is
committed to it, those who gave him the
mandate to govern them for four years
should not defend their mandate if it is
being threatened by a few people who they
have rejected with their votes?
“Instead of making noise in the media, the
APC lawmakers, including Omirin and those
deceiving him with the prophesy of him
becoming acting governor of Ekiti State
should face the reality of their total
rejection by Ekiti people and stop running
from Idanre to Lagos, Osogbo and Abuja
trying to uproot the tree planted by the
people of Ekiti.”
Uniform men storm Ado-Ekiti — APC
Spokesman for Dr Adewale Omirin, Wole
Olujobi late last night alleged that scores of
soldiers in about 12 vehicles stormed Ado-
Ekiti, Ekiti State capital, in what looked like
a covert operation in aid of Governor
Fayose who squealed early in the day
alleging possible invasion of the state by
APC lawmakers today.
It’s a lie —Fayose’s aide
But the governor’s Special Assistant on new
media, Lere Olayinka responded saying: “I
am in Ado Ekiti as I write. In fact, I am
along Ijigbo area of Ado Ekiti. I have not
noticed the presence of any soldier.” www.newspunch.org/tension-in-ekiti-as-impeachment-crisis-worsens/

Wahts this They should allow the governor to work a beg! every day is one impeachment story or the other

Fayose has murdered peace himself so how can he enjoy peace now? Ekiti people democracy preaches rule of law therefore you should allow it to prevail.

brb

Methink d Ekiti lawmakers trying to impeach Fayose lost it once they were roundly beaten at dia re-election bid and then Fayose victory at d Supreme Court. Hate him or like him there is no way d lawmakers will succeed on this adventure. What d lawmakers are trying to do is to subvert d collective will of d people and with d victory of Fayose during his re-election last year in all d l.g.a in d state, delivering his state to pdp during d March 28 and April 11 and with a Supreme court ruling in his favour; its only right dat sane Ekiti elders should advise d lawmakers to drop forthwith this plan which is trying to ridicule Ekiti. The moment they were not able to achieve this between March 28 once Buhari emerged winner and April 11 when another set of lawmakers were equally elected was when I knew Fayose can go and sleep with eyes closed. Honestly Fayose must be an astute politician to have his pdp lawmaker aspirants win majority of their constituencies after d March 28 despite d very big Buhari factor across d country which even affected my mum voting choice down here in Amankwo Ward in Orsu l.g.a Imo state. It is either Fayose is truly loved by d State or his rigging manual defies all hacking techniques. Pls am not a fan of Fayose but just a concerned Nigerian who feels d change we all craved for should not be made to turn Nigeria into a one party state. If d lawmakers were smarter they would have sealed up a deal with Fayose dat would v seen some of them returned.

This is a waste of time. Let fayose be.

Chiaka:


Wahts this They should allow the governor to work a beg! every day is one impeachment story or the other

stop quoting long post as this inorder to make a simple sentence

san316:
This is a waste of time. Let fayose be.

No! it's not a waste of time. If they are sure of what they are fighting for, then let them go ahead and fight to the finish.
Fayose had his time terorrising them back then because he had the backing of Abuja.

Don't forget these same lawmaker were prevented from gaining access to the house for their legitimate mandate when Fayose in collaboration with Abuja used the police to scatter them.

If you were one of them, will you let it lie low?
That is why i always adviced people in authority that tomorrow is never forever.
There is another tomorrow after tomorrow.

So what works for you today might turn round to work against you tomorrow.
Fayose does not have reason to afraid had he done what was right from the start.
He was enjoying the services provided by the army then. But now, things are kind of changing...
Remember Segun Oni spent about 3 three years illegally through the same brigandage before he was cut to size by the courts.