Ekiti Lawmakers addressing newsmen on Tuesday over the allegation
Ekiti State House of Assembly members have made a shocking
allegation as they revealed that they are being pressured to impeach
Governor Ayodele Fayose, and that a sum of $1 million was being promised
some of the members that will be ready to be a part of the impeachment
plot, Vanguard reports.
The report states further that the Assembly members vowed that the
2006 experience, in which Assembly members in Ekiti State were forced by
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) into detention and made
to sign impeachment of Governor Fayose on the table of the EFCC
Chairman will never be repeated in the State.
Speaking on Tuesday, Chairman of the House Committee on
Information, Hon Gboyega Aribisogan disclosed that “In the last four
days, eight of our members had been visited by some men, who claimed to
be officials of the DSS.
“Our members were told that their names were among those to be
arrested and they must ‘cooperate’ if they do not want their bank
accounts frozen and be kept in DSS detention indefinitely.”
Aribisogan flanked by 13 other members of the House of Assembly said: “We
are here to inform the public through your various medium the open
involvement of men of the Department of State Service (DSS) from Abuja
in the plot to unseat our State Governor, Mr Peter Ayodele Fayose.
“Last Friday’s invasion of the State House of Assembly by armed
men of the DSS in which four of our members were abducted, has been
established to be a prelude to the clandestine plot to coerce members of
the House of Assembly to impeach Governor Fayose.
“As at today, even Hon Afolabi Akanni that we were able to
confirm was with the DSS in Abuja is being held incommunicado. No one
has been given access to him, not even his lawyers and doctors. We do
not have any information as to the whereabouts of the other three.
“We are aware of the plot to arrest no fewer than 18 of our
members with a view to forcing them to sign impeachment notice against
Governor Fayose.
“The plot is being hatched by the same elements who
masterminded the impeachment of Governor Fayose in 2006, which was
eventually declared illegal by the Supreme Court and they are boasting
of support of the DSS and the Presidency.
“They went on to promise that proper arrangement had been made
for the impeachment of the governor, with a sum of $1 million already
earmarked for sharing among “cooperating” assembly members.
“Also, our members were told that they will be provided with
soft-landing in the APC if they cooperate. One of them revealed that
they promised to make him the Speaker, and eventually the Acting
Governor.
“We however wish to tell the plotters of evil against the
government of Ayodele Fayose and by extension the people of Ekiti State
that we, members of the State House of Assembly are not interested in
their evil plot.
“We are prepared to spend the rest of our tenure in DSS cell,
instead of joining people that we roundly defeated in five straight
elections to cause another political instability in Ekiti State.
“These agents of destabilisation should be reminded of the 2006
episode, which was responsible for Ekiti State having six governors in
three years!
“Most importantly, Governor Fayose is our benefactor. He is our
leader on whose political strength we are members of the State House of
Assembly. We can even be called his stooges, we don’t mind. We will
never do anything to jeopardise his interest and be extension, interests
of Ekiti people.
“We therefore wish to state unequivocally that we are not interested in any $1 million.
“We won’t because of any blood money join forces with enemies
of our State, who are desirous of destabilising the State just because
they lost power.”
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