We Are Totally Loyal To Fayose, -Ekiti Lawmakers
The lawmakers who passed vote of confidence on Governor Fayose, distanced themselves from the alleged plot to impeach him.
The Assembly members had on Thursday raised the alarm that armed policemen allegedly laid siege to the Assembly complex on Wednesday night.
The deployment of the policemen, according to them was to pave way for the three lawmakers of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) to reconvene the plenary, which was adjourned to October 8 last week Tuesday.
The Speaker Kolawole Oluwawole while addressing newsmen on Friday, condemned the move, alleging that the Assembly Clerk’s signature was forged in a letter purportedly written to request for police deployment.
The Chairman, House Committee on Information, Dr Samuel Omotoso who spoke to newsmen on behalf of the 23 members Friday in Ado Ekiti, said they all came on a solidarity visit to governor Fayose.
Omotoso also registered the displeasure of the lawmakers at the siege on the Assembly by the policemen, saying that the members are solidly behind the Governor.
He added that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers were fully in support of the decision of Professor Kolapo Olusola to approach election tribunal to reclaim the mandate which was allegedly stolen from him.
He said, “we are here on solidarity visit to the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Ayodele Fayose and to show our displeasure over the stealing of the mandate freely given to Professor kolapo Olusola. We also want to use this medium to register our displeasure to the illegality being perpetrated by security agencies threatening to make the state ungovernable
“As you can see, we are 23 members and 21 are present here. Mrs Titi Owolabi is not here because she is bereaved, and one of us traveled oversea. We are 26 members; three are on the other side. We are united and irrevocably committed to the cause of Fayose.
“We are solidly behind him and our party the PDP. We support the decision of the party to go to court to retrieve the stolen mandate and also to tell the whole world that if 23 members are on the same page, we want to see how they want to use three members to perpetrate illegality in the state.
“The tenure of this Governor runs out on October 16 and by the grace of God, he will complete his tenure. We are elected members by our constituents and we will do all the needful to make sure that the interest of our people will be protected. We are very loyal to the cause of our Governor. We are solidly behind him and he will triumph over all his enemies,” he said.