APC Reacts To Happenings In Ekiti
The accusation was contained in a stamen issued on Monday by the party’s National Publicity Secretary Alhaji Lai Mohammed, a copy obtained by the Nation.
Lai Mohammed
He said while the governor was advised by the Clerk of the House that seven members out of 26 do not form a quorum, he said after all, only eight of 24 members in the Plateau House of Assembly impeached then Governor Joshua Dariye in 2006.
The party which described the development as the height of impunity by a democratically-elected government, said the the utility services in the official residence of the House Speaker, including electricity supply, have been cut off while his salaries and allowances have been stopped.
The party further alleged that other acts of intimidation have been directed at the Speaker by the state authorities.
“We know that President Goodluck Jonathan, who is the leader of the PDP, has elevated impunity to an art, but he has simply overreached himself with his party’s latest show of shame in Ekiti. The fact that the President’s body language supports impunity has emboldened officials elected under the banner of the PDP and appointed by his administration to perpetrate acts of impunity with impunity. Over 200 policemen could not have been deployed for this illegal act in Ekiti without the knowledge of the Inspector General of Police. Yet, the same IG trampled the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by assuming the powers of the court to unilaterally withdraw the security detail of House of Representatives Speaker Aminu Tambuwal,” he said.
APC questioned if the Inspector General of Police, Abba Suleiman claimed not to be aware that his men are offering protection to only seven out of the 26 members of the Ekiti House of Assembly? and went ahead to also ask if the IGP honestly believe it is part of the responsibility of the police, which is being funded by tax payers, to become the enforcement arm of the PDP.
“Does he believe that the police that is empowered to enforce the law should play a lead role in breaking it?” the party asked.
APC while warning Governor Fayose not to throw the state into a needless crisis by his trademark tomfoolery also stated that a lot of unconstitutional and illegal activities have been done under the PDP-led Federal Government, including the impeachment of then Governor Joshua Dariye of Plateau State by only eight of the 24 House of Assembly members.
Mohammed insisted that any decision taken by only seven PDP members in the 26-member Ekiti House of Assembly will not stand, and urged the PDP and the Federal Government to stop instigating crisis in APC-controlled states.
The party alleged that the PDP-instigated crisis in the Edo State House of Assembly which is yet to be resolved before they (PDP) decided to clampdown on Ekiti.
“No matter how long it takes, those who are willfully flouting the laws of the land and engaging in anti-democratic actions will come to justice. Nothing in the world will justify the subversion of the Constitution by anyone, especially those who are democratically-elected. We are, therefore, warning the puppeteers in Ekiti to put a leash on their dogs of war, and not to set Ekiti State ablaze over their narrow interests,” the party said.
It would be recalled that the Ekiti state House of Assembly Speaker, Hon Omirin Adewale was on Monday impeached by 7 PDP lawmakers in the house.
Meanwhile, the All Progressives Congress (APC) who recently blasted President Goodluck Jonathan, expressed believe that Nigerians cannot wait to sweep away one of the worst governments to have even presided over their nation’s affairs.
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